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Ulysses burning the corpse of Elpenor
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1606-1669
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p. 253, under no. 25
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Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: TvT AvD / 25; lower margin, black ink: A son retour des enfers Ulÿsse va revoir Circé, a laquelle il dit adieu, ayant premierement dressé un bucher, / pour ÿ bruler le corps d’Elpenor. cet exemple de reconnaissance nous apprend, A n’estre jamais ingrats / et à rendre les derniers devoirs à la memoire de ceúx que noús avons connús, et cheris durant leur vie. [On his return from Hades, Ulysses goes to see Circe again, to whom he says farewell, having first raised a pyre to burn the corpse of Elpenor. This example of gratitude teaches us never to be ungrateful and to carry out the last duties to the memory of those we have known and cherished during their lifetime.]
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