Marble Portrait Bust Of Homer, Roman, From Baiae, Campania, Italy, 1St-2Nd Century

Marble portrait bust of Homer, Roman, from Baiae, Campania, Italy, 1st-2nd century. The blind poet, Homer, is thought to have lived in Greece around 750 to 700 BC. He is the most famous poet of all antiquity; the author of the Iliad and Odyssey, epic poems focussing respectively upon the heroes Achilles and Odysseus. From the British Museums collection. (Colorised artwork based on an original sculpture). Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)