Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey

E331375

book illustration series print series

Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman that visually interpret scenes from Homer’s epic poem.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey canonical	2
Flaxman’s Homer illustrations	1
Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey (John Flaxman)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3118762 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey
Context triple: [John Flaxman, notableWork, Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey]

A. Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad
Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman that visually interpret and accompany Homer’s epic poem the Iliad.
B. The Apotheosis of Homer
The Apotheosis of Homer is a neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres that idealizes the ancient Greek poet Homer enthroned and venerated by great figures from art and literature.
C. Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman depicting scenes from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem.
D. Homer's Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer that recounts the long, perilous journey of the hero Odysseus as he attempts to return home from the Trojan War.
E. Prolegomena ad Homerum
Prolegomena ad Homerum is Friedrich August Wolf’s groundbreaking 1795 philological study that challenged the traditional view of Homeric authorship and helped found modern classical scholarship.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey
Target entity description: Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman that visually interpret scenes from Homer’s epic poem.

A. Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad
Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman that visually interpret and accompany Homer’s epic poem the Iliad.
B. The Apotheosis of Homer
The Apotheosis of Homer is a neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres that idealizes the ancient Greek poet Homer enthroned and venerated by great figures from art and literature.
C. Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman depicting scenes from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem.
D. Homer's Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer that recounts the long, perilous journey of the hero Odysseus as he attempts to return home from the Trojan War.
E. Prolegomena ad Homerum
Prolegomena ad Homerum is Friedrich August Wolf’s groundbreaking 1795 philological study that challenged the traditional view of Homeric authorship and helped found modern classical scholarship.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book illustration series ⓘ print series ⓘ
artForm	engraving ⓘ
artMovement	Neoclassical art ⓘ linked to: Neoclassicism
artStyle	linear outline style ⓘ
author	John Flaxman ⓘ
basedOn	Homer ⓘ Odyssey ⓘ linked to: Homer's Odyssey
circaNumberOfPlates	approximately 34 plates ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	John Flaxman ⓘ
depicts	Greek mythology ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ scenes from the Odyssey ⓘ
describedAs	celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings ⓘ
distribution	widely circulated in Europe ⓘ
follows	Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad ⓘ
genre	neoclassicism ⓘ
hasEdition	later English editions ⓘ later French editions ⓘ
hasPart	plate of Odysseus and Nausicaa ⓘ plate of Odysseus and Polyphemus ⓘ plate of Odysseus and the Sirens ⓘ plate of Odysseus in the Underworld ⓘ
illustrator	John Flaxman ⓘ
inception	1793 ⓘ
influenced	19th-century book illustration ⓘ European neoclassical design ⓘ
influencedBy	ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ classical Greek vase painting ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	engraving on paper ⓘ
movementContext	late 18th-century neoclassicism ⓘ
notableFor	classical restraint ⓘ economy of line ⓘ influential visual interpretation of Homer’s Odyssey ⓘ
partOf	Flaxman’s Homer illustrations ⓘ linked to: Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey
placeOfPublication	Rome ⓘ
publicationDate	1793 ⓘ
publisher	Tommaso Piroli ⓘ
reproductionType	print ⓘ
subjectMatter	epic poetry ⓘ heroic journey ⓘ
technique	outline engraving ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Flaxman → notableWork → Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey ⓘ

Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad → relatedWork → Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey ⓘ

Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy → relatedWork → Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey (John Flaxman) ⓘ

linked to: Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey

Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey → partOf → Flaxman’s Homer illustrations ⓘ