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A photo of the scene this poem describes: https://images.rapgenius.com/64983b09fb243b2e65d57134773315db.450x281x1.jpg https://images.rapgenius.com/64983b09fb24

by Zuider 10y ago

A photo of the scene this poem describes: https://images.rapgenius.com/64983b09fb243b2e65d57134773315db.450x281x1.jpg https://images.rapgenius.com/64983b09fb243b2e65d57134773315d...

Luc 10y ago
I'm not a sculptor but I'm pretty sure those legs never carried that massive head. In fact I can tell by the pixels etc. etc. Wikipedia has a different story, where he was inspired by the news of the imminent arrival of this (without seeing it): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias#/media/File:Statue_of_Ramesses_II_at_the_British_Museum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias#/media/File:Statue_...
- Zuider 10y ago
  The legs probably came from a sitting statue like this: https://english-303-final.wikispaces.com/Historical+Content+%26+Historical+Context+in+Ozymandias https://english-303-final.wikispaces.com/Historical+Content+... While it is true that Shelley was motivated to write the poem by the imminent arrival in London of the Younger Memnon statue, the scene that the poem describes is not consistent with that particular statue (which consists of an upper torso) rather than a separate head and trunkless legs located in its original desert setting.
- lsiebert 10y ago
  Ancient Egyptian statues were often seated. https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=statue+pharoah&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=statue+pharoah&source=...
ereyes01 10y ago
https://bensten.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/ozymandias1.jpg https://bensten.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/ozymandias1.jpg ^^ According to the travel books like Lonely Planet [1], these feet are probably the ones that inspired the Ozymandias poem. The torso and head are toppled nearby. This is in the Ramesseum in the west bank of Luxor. I visited a few years ago. Highly recommended, Egypt is a wonderful country. In the Cairo museum, you can also look into the eyes of the mummy of Rameses II himself and give him the finger on behalf of Moses, and Percy Shelley. [1] https://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/luxor/attractions/ramesseum/a/poi-sig/1136350/355253 https://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/luxor/attractions/ramesse...

by Zuider 10y ago

A photo of the scene this poem describes: https://images.rapgenius.com/64983b09fb243b2e65d57134773315db.450x281x1.jpg https://images.rapgenius.com/64983b09fb243b2e65d57134773315d...

Luc 10y ago

I'm not a sculptor but I'm pretty sure those legs never carried that massive head. In fact I can tell by the pixels etc. etc. Wikipedia has a different story, where he was inspired by the news of the imminent arrival of this (without seeing it): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias#/media/File:Statue_of_Ramesses_II_at_the_British_Museum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias#/media/File:Statue_...

Zuider 10y ago
The legs probably came from a sitting statue like this: https://english-303-final.wikispaces.com/Historical+Content+%26+Historical+Context+in+Ozymandias https://english-303-final.wikispaces.com/Historical+Content+... While it is true that Shelley was motivated to write the poem by the imminent arrival in London of the Younger Memnon statue, the scene that the poem describes is not consistent with that particular statue (which consists of an upper torso) rather than a separate head and trunkless legs located in its original desert setting.
lsiebert 10y ago
Ancient Egyptian statues were often seated. https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=statue+pharoah&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=statue+pharoah&source=...

ereyes01 10y ago

https://bensten.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/ozymandias1.jpg https://bensten.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/ozymandias1.jpg ^^ According to the travel books like Lonely Planet [1], these feet are probably the ones that inspired the Ozymandias poem. The torso and head are toppled nearby. This is in the Ramesseum in the west bank of Luxor. I visited a few years ago. Highly recommended, Egypt is a wonderful country. In the Cairo museum, you can also look into the eyes of the mummy of Rameses II himself and give him the finger on behalf of Moses, and Percy Shelley. [1] https://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/luxor/attractions/ramesseum/a/poi-sig/1136350/355253 https://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/luxor/attractions/ramesse...