Complex sentence: Homer was the subject of a number of formal hero cults in classical antiquity, and the earliest notable portrayal of the scene is a 3rd century BC marble relief by Archelaus of Priene, now in the British Museum.
Split into simpler sentences: Homer was the subject of a number of formal hero cults in classical antiquity. The earliest notable portrayal of the scene is a 3rd century BC marble relief by Archelaus of Priene, now in the British Museum.