Images

The Classical and the Modern Epic:  
Homer's Iliad and Walcott's Omeros
Thank you to Mark Hayden for the images from his site: The Artchive
Larger versions of many of the images displayed here can be found at http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

Greek Art - Greek Vase Painting Links - African Art
Rembrandt van Rijn - Winslow Homer - Marcel Duchamp
Peter Brueghel - Albrecht Durer - Augustus Saint Gauden
Diego Velasquez - Leonardo da Vinci - Claude Monet



Greek Art


Amphora of Exekias - Achilles and Ajax playing dice



Greek Vase Painting

In this section are links to images from Greek vase paintings which variously represent scenes and characters from the Iliad and related narrative materials.  Until we have received copyright permission from the museums where they are held, we cannot reproduce the images on this page. The links are to the image files in the Perseus Project obtained by permission from the following museums: Berlin Antikenmuseen (BA), Musee du Louvre (L), Boston Museum of Fine Arts (BMFA), Harvard University Art Museum (HU), University of Mississippi (UM), University of Pennsylvania (UP), and the Toledo Museum of Art (T).

Achilles and Thetis (BA)
Achilles tending Patroklos (BA)
Peleus and Thetis (BA)
Thetis and Hephaistos (BA)
Foundry Scene (Hephaistos’ workshop) (BA)
Foundry Scene (Hephaistos’ workshop) (BA)
Warrior Leaving Home (BA)
Paris and Helen (BA)
Judgment of Paris (BA)
Achilles and Ajax Playing a Board Game (BA)
Helen and Aphrodite (BA)
Himeros (Desire) and Paris (BA)
Procession of Gods to Olympos (BA)
Fight with Athena and Hermes Watching (L)
Athena Watching (L)
Menelaos and Paris (L)
Ajax versus Hektor (L)
Briseis Led by Agamemnon (L)
Embassy to Achilles (L)
Peleus Bringing the child Achilles to Chiron (L)
Arms of Achilles (L)
Menelaos Pursuing Helen (L)
Young Warriors in Battle (BMFA)
Young Warriors in Battle (BMFA)
Athena’s Shield with Gorgon Face (BMFA)
Achilles Dragging Hektor (BMFA)
Priam and Hekabe, Achilles and Hektor (BMFA)
Two Warriors Fighting (BMFA)
Charioteers (H)
Ransom of Hektor (H)
Assembly of Gods (H)
Assembly of Gods (H)
Hektor and Andromache (?) (UM)
Death of Achilles (UP)
Two Runners (UP)
Achilles Crouching (T)





African Art

Fang Mask

Kono Mask

Reliquary Figure (Kota)

Zimba Mask

Rhythm Pounder (Senufo)

Rembrandt

Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer

The Company of Frans Cock Preparing to March out,
know as The Nightwatch




Winslow Homer


Sailing the Cat Boat

Hurricane, Bahamas

The Gulf Stream

A Wall, Nassau

Sponge Fishing, Nassau



Marcel Duchamp


The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even


Peter Brueghel


Hunters in the Snow


Albrecht Durer


A Young Hare


Augustus Saint Gauden


Shaw Memorial: a sculpture of black Union infantrymen at the outbreak of the civil war


Diego Velasquez

Las Meninas

Philip IV, The Count-Duke of Olivares


Leonardo da Vinci


The Virgin of the Rocks


Claude Monet


The Japanese Bridge


Water Lilies



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