LONDON STATUES - LITERATURE As usual, clicking on the featured names will take you to their Wikipedia profiles. All statues are in the public domain apart from a few I've lifted from my Westminster Abbey post. Click on Index for links to my earlier posts. HOMER (c.8th century BC) The legendary (and possibly composite) ancient Greek poet, Homer is traditionally credited with The Iliad and The Odyssey , foundational works of Western literature that shaped epic storytelling, heroism, and myth for millennia. His very existence is debated; statues usually depict him blind, reflecting ancient tradition rather than fact. Parnassus Frieze, Albert Memorial DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265–1321) Dante was exiled from Florence for life, a fate that led to the creation of T he Divine Comedy , an epic journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven that fused theology, pol...
