IV/2 One of the many heads from Canto III/1 was selected and vastly enlarged to represent Homer. The epic range of his poetry (known to Dante only by repute) is indicated by various improvised scenes of a pastoral, military, nautical or Elysian character, including some obvious references to the Iliad (e. g. the Trojan Horse which is referred to in Canto XXX) and the Odyssey (e. g. the boat of Ulysses which plays such an important part in Canto XXVII). The colour chosen (in the original version) as a screened overprinting of the black and white etching echoes the red found on the pottery of Ancient Greece which so often depicts Homeric scenes. The stylised mask of Homer reappears in Canto XXVI/2 broken into pieces. As in the picture of Virgil in his Study (Canto II/1), and for the same reason, we see only one half of the sun. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.