All the Works
122 works — vases, marbles, frescoes and canvases. Select any one for the full story.
The Iliad · 72 works
The Apotheosis of Homer
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1827
Homer and His Guide
William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1874
Portrait of Homer (the Blind Type)
Roman copy of a Hellenistic original · 2nd century BC original
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Rembrandt · 1653
The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Cornelis van Haarlem · 1593
The Golden Apple of Discord
Jacob Jordaens · 1633
The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Joachim Wtewael · 1602
The Judgement of Paris
Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1636
The Judgment of Paris
Lucas Cranach the Elder · c. 1528
The Judgment of Paris (after Raphael)
Marcantonio Raimondi · c. 1515
The Judgment of Paris
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1908
The Judgement of Paris
Enrique Simonet · 1904
The Judgment of Paris
Antoine Watteau · c. 1718–21
The Abduction of Helen
Guido Reni · 1631
The Loves of Paris and Helen
Jacques-Louis David · 1788
Helen of Troy
Evelyn De Morgan · 1898
Venus Induces Helen to Love Paris
Angelica Kauffman · 1790
Helen at the Scaean Gate
Gustave Moreau · c. 1880
Helen of Troy
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1863
Helen of Troy
Frederick Sandys · c. 1867
The Rape of Helen
Jacopo Tintoretto · c. 1578
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Roman painter, after Timanthes · 1st century AD
The Anger of Achilles
Jacques-Louis David · 1819
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1757
Chiron Teaching Achilles the Lyre
Roman painter · 1st century AD
The Education of Achilles by Chiron
Jean-Baptiste Regnault · 1782
Thetis Dipping Achilles in the Styx
Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1630–35
Achilles on Skyros
Roman painter · 1st century AD
Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes
Pompeo Batoni · 1746
Achilles Among the Daughters of Lycomedes
Nicolas Poussin · 1656
Achilles Discovered Among the Daughters of Lycomedes
Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck · c. 1617
Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game
Exekias · c. 540–530 BC
Miniature from the Ambrosian Iliad
Late antique illuminator · c. 500 AD
The Wrath of Achilles
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · c. 1757
Ulysses Returns Chryseis to Her Father
Claude Lorrain · c. 1644
The Wrath of Achilles
Michel-Martin Drolling · 1810
Briseis Led Away from Achilles
Roman painter · 1st century AD
Briseis Restored to Achilles
Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1630–35
Jupiter and Thetis
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1811
Hector Taking Leave of Andromache
Angelica Kauffman · 1768
The Farewell of Hector and Andromache
Charles de La Fosse · 1699
The Ambassadors of Agamemnon in the Tent of Achilles
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1801
The Combat of Mars and Minerva
Jacques-Louis David · 1771
The Death of Sarpedon (Euphronios Krater)
Euphronios · c. 515 BC
Menelaus Bearing the Body of Patroclus
After a Hellenistic original · c. 200 BC
The Greeks and Trojans Fighting over the Body of Patroclus
Antoine Wiertz · 1836
Automedon with the Horses of Achilles
Henri Regnault · 1868
Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus
Gavin Hamilton · 1760–63
Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus
Nikolai Ge · 1855
Thetis Bringing the Armour to Achilles
Benjamin West · 1806
The Shield of Achilles
Philip Rundell, after John Flaxman · 1821
Thetis Receiving the Arms of Achilles from Hephaestus
Anthony van Dyck · c. 1630–32
Achilles Slays Hector
Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1630–35
The Triumph of Achilles
Franz Matsch · 1892
Andromache Mourning Hector
Jacques-Louis David · 1783
Priam Asking Achilles to Return Hector's Body
Alexander Ivanov · 1824
Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hector's Body
Bertel Thorvaldsen · 1815
The Dying Achilles
Ernst Herter · 1884
Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles
Attic vase-painter · c. 540–530 BC
The Death of Achilles
After Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1630–35 design
The Suicide of Ajax
Exekias · c. 530 BC
The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · c. 1760
The Building of the Trojan Horse
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · c. 1760
The Trojan Horse (Mykonos Pithos)
Cycladic potter · c. 670 BC
Laocoön and His Sons
Hagesandros, Athenodoros and Polydoros of Rhodes · c. 40–30 BC
Laocoön
El Greco · c. 1610–14
The Burning of Troy
Johann Georg Trautmann · c. 1759–62
Aeneas' Flight from Troy
Federico Barocci · 1598
Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1618–19
Cassandra
Evelyn De Morgan · 1898
The Death of Priam
Jules Lefebvre · 1861
Ajax and Cassandra
Solomon Joseph Solomon · 1886
The Odyssey · 50 works
The Blinding of Polyphemus (Eleusis Amphora)
The Polyphemus Painter · c. 660 BC
Odysseus Escaping Under the Ram
The Sappho Painter · c. 500 BC
Odysseus in the Cave of Polyphemus
Jacob Jordaens · c. 1635
The Blinding of Polyphemus (Sperlonga Group)
Hellenistic sculptors · 1st century AD
Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus
J. M. W. Turner · 1829
Odysseus and Polyphemus
Arnold Böcklin · 1896
The Laestrygonians Attack the Fleet
Roman painter · c. 50 BC
The Laestrygonians Hurling Rocks
Roman painter · c. 50 BC
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses
John William Waterhouse · 1891
Circe
Wright Barker · 1889
The Wine of Circe
Edward Burne-Jones · 1863–69
Ulysses and Circe
Annibale Carracci · c. 1595
Circe Transforming the Companions
Attic vase-painter · c. 550 BC
Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape
Dosso Dossi · c. 1525
Tilla Durieux as Circe
Franz von Stuck · c. 1913
Odysseus in the Underworld
Roman painter · c. 50 BC
Tiresias Appears to Ulysses
Henry Fuseli · c. 1780–85
The Siren Vase
The Siren Painter · c. 480–470 BC
Ulysses and the Sirens (Bardo Mosaic)
Roman mosaicist · 3rd century AD
Ulysses and the Sirens
Herbert James Draper · 1909
Ulysses and the Sirens
John William Waterhouse · 1891
Odysseus in Front of Scylla and Charybdis
Henry Fuseli · 1794–96
Scylla
South Italian vase-painter · c. 450–425 BC
The Scylla Group of Sperlonga
Hellenistic sculptors · 1st century AD
The Companions of Ulysses Slaying the Cattle of the Sun
Pellegrino Tibaldi · c. 1554–56
Odysseus and Calypso
Arnold Böcklin · 1883
Odysseus and Calypso in the Grotto
Jan Brueghel the Elder · c. 1616
Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus
Gerard de Lairesse · c. 1680
Odysseus and Leucothea
Friedrich Preller the Elder · 1864
Leucothea Preserving Ulysses
John Flaxman · 1793
Nausicaä
Frederic Leighton · c. 1878
Ulysses and Nausicaä
Michele Desubleo · c. 1654
Ulysses and Nausicaä
Salvator Rosa · c. 1655
Landscape with Ulysses and Nausicaä
Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1630–35
Odysseus and Nausicaä
Valentin Serov · 1910
Ulysses at the Court of Alcinous
Francesco Hayez · 1814–16
Penelope Unraveling Her Web
Joseph Wright of Derby · 1783–84
Penelope at Her Loom with Telemachus
The Penelope Painter · c. 440 BC
Penelope at Her Loom
Angelica Kauffman · 1764
Penelope with the Suitors
Pintoricchio · c. 1509
Penelope and the Suitors
John William Waterhouse · 1912
Ulysses Recognized by Eurycleia
Gustave Boulanger · 1849
Eurycleia Washing the Feet of Odysseus
The Penelope Painter · c. 440 BC
Penelope Taking Down the Bow of Ulysses
Angelica Kauffman · 1768
Ulysses and Telemachus Slaughter the Suitors
Thomas Degeorge · 1812
The Slaying of the Suitors
The Penelope Painter · c. 440 BC
Odysseus and Penelope
Francesco Primaticcio · c. 1563
The Return of Odysseus (Melian Relief)
Melian sculptor · c. 460–450 BC
Head of Odysseus
Hellenistic sculptors of Rhodes · 1st century AD
Statue of Odysseus
Roman sculptor · 1st–2nd century AD