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3,000 years of Odyssey-Inspired Art Sing in me muse. Join the ranks! . Congratulations! You are now one of millions of people to become familiar with Homer’s Odyssey . Just think…over 150 generations of people have listened to and/or read this classic epic.
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3,000 years of Odyssey-Inspired Art Sing in me muse
Join the ranks! Congratulations! You are now one of millions of people to become familiar with Homer’s Odyssey. Just think…over 150 generations of people have listened to and/or read this classic epic. Although the story never changes, the visual interpretation communicated through art has evolved. Let’s see how people of the past envisioned this timeless tale.
Odysseus and His Men BlindingPolyphemusLaconianblack-figure cup565-560 B.C.
Odysseus underneath a ramBronze relief cut-out ornament from Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, c. 540-530 BCE
Odysseus, Right, Consults the Shade of Tiresias, Center. Eurylochos on the Left. Side A from a Lucanian Red-figured calyx-krater, c. 380 B.C.
Slaughter of the Suitors, From a Campanian Red-Figure Bell-Krater, c. 330 B.C.
Odysseus at the Palace of Alcinous, by Francesco Hayez. Shows Odysseus overcome by the song of Demodocus.1813-1815
Circe Offering the Cup to OdysseusJohn William Waterhouse1891
The Odyssey by Gillian Cross (Author) Neil Packer (Illustrator)2012