Homer, The Blind Poet, 2nd C. BCE

"There is nothing better in this world than that man and wife should be of one mind in a house. It discomfits their enemies, makes the hearts of their friends glad, and they themselves know more about it than any one."

-Homer: The Odyssey, Book 6

 

Bust of Homer in the British Museum, London. Marble terminal bust of Homer. Roman 2nd c. CE copy of a lost Hellenistic original of the 2nd c. BCE. Found in 1780 near Baiae, Italy. The so-called Hellenistic blind-type can be paralleled with figures of the Pergamon Altar, and the original of the type was perhaps created for the great library at Pergamon.

Drawing of the statue.

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Homer_British_Museum.jpg

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4jYJjO-BsLlUsI3kpMoBrldlRvlTEXkvl8vyQrVVy2u2r9REo31i1Z6LiTSEH

https://twitter.com/aruiztinoco/status/1145552902947082240

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1805-0703-85

http://www.primorske.si/plus/7--val/stari-koprcan-v-objemu-s--homerjem-in-ezro--poundo


Quote:

http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html