The 9 ‘Episodes’ for Projects on Homer’s Odyssey

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1.The Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus

2.  The Escape from Polyphemus’ Cave

 3.  The Bag of Winds

Aiolos gives Odysseus the bag of winds
17th century etching
Theodor van Thulden (1606 - 1669)
Fine Art Museum San Francisco

4.  The Attack of the Laestrygonians

Attack of the Laestrygonians, from the Odyssey Frieze (a.k.a. The Odyssey Landscapes), from the Esquiline Hill, Rome, wall painting, size: NA, c. 50 B.C. (Museum of the Profane, Vatican Museums):
 

5.  The Witch Circe

6.  Scylla and Charybdis, Part 1

     

7.  The Cattle of Helios

Slaughtering the cattle of the Sun

Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930 - 1993)
Tate Gallery; 1973

8.  Scylla and Charybdis,   Part 2

Odysseus clings to the keel; 1973;
Tate Gallery; Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993)                           

9. The Contest of the Bow

Art  of the Trojan War