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