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This presentation gives a visual overview of Homer's Iliad and associated myths, using famous works of art.
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Homer’s Iliad
Homer
Homer and His GuideWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1874
Homer and the Shepherds in a LandscapeCamille Corot, 1845
The Apotheosis of HomerJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1827
Prologue
The Judgment of ParisLucas Cranach the Elder, 1528
Helen of TroyGabriel Dante Rossetti, 1863
Venus Convinces Helen to Hear ParisAngelica Kauffman, 1790
The Abduction of HelenFrancesco Primaticcio, 1530
The Iliad
Briseis Brought Before AgamemnonGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1757
The Wrath of AchillesMichel Martin Drolling, 1819
Helen on the Walls of TroyLord Frederic Leighton, 19th c.
The Love of Paris and HelenJacques-Louis David, 1788
Hector Admonishes Paris for His Softness and Exhorts Him to Go to War
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1786
Hector’s Farewell to AndromacheJohann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1812
The Embassy Sent by Agamemnon Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1801
Patroclos, 1780Jacques-Louis David
The Greeks and the Trojans Fighting over the Body of PatroclosAntoine Wiertz, 1845
Achilles Lamenting the Death of PatroclosNikolai Ge, 1855
Thetis Begs Hephaistos For Weapons for AchillesAnthony van Dyck, c. 1632
Thetis Bringing the Armor to AchillesBenjamin West, 1806
The Triumph of AchillesFranz von Matsch, 19th c.
Andromache FaintsJosef Abel, 1818
Priam at Achilles’s FeetAlessandro Varotari, 17th c.
Hector’s BodyJacques-Louis David, 1778
Hector’s Body Carried Back to Troy180-200 CE
Epilogue
The Trojan Horse, c. 760 BCE
Construction of the Trojan HorseGiovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1760
The Procession of the Trojan Horse in TroyGiovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1773
The Fire of TroyFrancisco Collantes, c. 1634
The Fire of TroyKerstiaen de Keuninck, 17th c.
The Fire of TroyThe Frankenthal School, 17th c.
Burning TroyJ. G. Trautmann, c. 1760
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