It's important to remember that we have no idea as to what Homer looked like. The idealized representations of Homer presented here effectively convey the dignity and respect he deserves.
A plaster cast of Homer as he was imagined in the Hellenistic Period.
The empty eye sockets and raised eyebrows are indicative of a blind man.
Made after 323 BCE.
Altes Museum, Berlin
Another view of the first image.
Altes Museum, Berlin
Fragment of an Iliadic panel with an image
of Homer and summaries of books 14–18.
Made of limestone circa 20–40 CE.
Altes Museum, Berlin
Bronze head of Homer, circa first century CE.
Altes Museum, Berlin
The Apotheosis of Homer
The British Museum, London
Bronze statue of of Homer
by Louis St. Gaudens
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.