The ‘Younger Memnon’ statue of Ramesses II in the British Museum is thought to have inspired which famous poem of P.B. Shelley? August 17, 2017 By Show answer Ozymandias Ozymandias was another name for Ramesses the Great, Pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. The poem is frequently anthologized and is probably Shelley’s most famous short poem More Literature QuestionsMore Poetry Questions