Abstract
Abstract In the Ramesside court of Luxor Temple is a small depiction of a statue of Paris, placed intentionally opposite a statue of Nefertari, part of a colossus of Ramesses II. The image of Paris represents the only non-literary evidence for the Greek tradition of Helen being in Egypt during the Trojan War and suggests that Graeco-Roman tourists were aware of this alternate version of events. A consideration of this graffito within an art historical context suggests that it might relate to Euphranor’s lost statue of Paris.
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