Homer’s Odyssey

PenelopeDante Gabriel Rossetti, 1869

Feast of Penelope’s SuitorsFyodor Tolstoy, 1818

Penelope Before Her Weaving, 15th c.

Penelope Unraveling Her Web by LamplightJoseph Wright of Derby, 1785

Helen Recognizing TelemachusJean-Jacques Lagrenée, 1795

Odysseus and CalypsoJan Brueghel the Elder, c. 1616

Odysseus and CalypsoArnold Böcklin, 1883

Odysseus on Calypso’s IslandDetlev Conrad Blunck, 1830

Odysseus by the SeaArnold Böcklin, 1869

Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release OdysseusGerard de Lairesse, c. 1670

NausicaaFrederic Leighton, c. 1879

Odysseus and NausicaaJoachim von Sandrart, c. 1630

Ulysses at the Court of AlcinousFrancisco Hayez, c. 1815

The CyclopsTheodor van Thulden, 17th c.

Odysseus’s Escape, c. 500 BCE

Odysseus and PolyphemusArnold Böcklin, 1896

Aeolos Giving the Winds to UlyssesIsaac Moillon, 17th c.

CirceWright Barker, 1889

Circe Mulling WineGioacchino Assereto, c. 1630

CirceJohn William Waterhouse, c. 1886

One of Odysseus’s Men Turned into a Swine, 5th c. BCE

Circe Offering the Cup to UlyssesJohn William Waterhouse, 1891

Ulysses and CirceBartholomäus Spranger, 1580

SirensArnold Böcklin, 1875

Odysseus and the Sirens, c. 340 BCE

Ulysses and the SirensLéon Belly, 1867

Ulysses and the SirensJohn William Waterhouse, 1891

Odysseus Before Scylla and CharybdisHeinrich Füssli, 1796

Scylla, c. 420 BCE

Tiresias Appears During the SacrificeJohann Heinrich Füssli, 1785

The Cattle of the Sun God, 6th c. BCE

Odysseus’s Men Steal the Cattle of the Sun GodPelligrino Tibaldi, 1556

Ulysses’s Departure from the Land of the PhaeaciansClaude Lorrain, 1646

Odysseus Recognized by His DogTheodoor van Thulden, 17th c.

Penelope and the SuitorsJohn William Waterhouse, 1912

Odysseus Shooting His Bow, c. 420 BCE

The Slaughter of the SuitorsLouis-Vincent-Leon Palliere, 1812

The SuitorsGustave Moreau, 1850s

Odysseus and PenelopeJohann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1802