Homer iliad

Homer is a prominent literary figure, renowned epic poet, and author of the <i>Iliad</i> and the <i>Odyssey</i>, the two earliest existing works of Western literature. Homer was believed to be a blind bard, who traveled the land with the help of a young boy as guide and companion. Because Homer lived some 3,000 years ago it is impossible to know, and there is still some debate over the authorship of works attributed to him. The bulk of this collection consists of portraits of Homer created…

Homer the Iliad Book I (Homer the Iliad and the Odyssey translated by : Samuel Butler)

Gavin Hamilton, Achilles Mourning Patroclus Jacques Louis David, Male Nude Girodet, Endymion Narcisse Guerin, Cupid and Psyche I sometimes think that the only difference between me and the old Neoclassicists, especially from David's school, is that I'm out of the closet and they weren't. Yes, David was married with 4 kids, but I wouldn't vouch for his heterosexuality. Read what he told his students after he met and painted Napoleon for the first time: "What a fine head he has---pure, great…

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