Book contents
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Part II Homeric World
- Part III Homer in the World
- Introduction
- Homer in Antiquity
- Homer and the Latin West in the Middle Ages
- Homer in Greece from the End of Antiquity 1: The Byzantine Reception of Homer and His Export to Other Cultures
- Homer in Greece from the End of Antiquity 2: Homer after Byzantium, from the Early Ottoman Period to the Age of Nationalisms
- Homer in Renaissance Europe (1488‒1649)
- Homer in Early Modern Europe
- The Reception of Homer since 1900
- Homer: Image and Cult
- Key Topics
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Homer: Image and Cult
from Part III - Homer in the World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2020
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Part II Homeric World
- Part III Homer in the World
- Introduction
- Homer in Antiquity
- Homer and the Latin West in the Middle Ages
- Homer in Greece from the End of Antiquity 1: The Byzantine Reception of Homer and His Export to Other Cultures
- Homer in Greece from the End of Antiquity 2: Homer after Byzantium, from the Early Ottoman Period to the Age of Nationalisms
- Homer in Renaissance Europe (1488‒1649)
- Homer in Early Modern Europe
- The Reception of Homer since 1900
- Homer: Image and Cult
- Key Topics
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
Portrait statues and busts of Homer were made from the fifth century b.c. to the Hellenistic period and are known today in many Roman copies. In addition, he appears on coins, a marble relief from Pergamon, and in the minor arts into the Roman period and beyond.
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- The Cambridge Guide to Homer , pp. 547 - 562Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020