Digital Commonwealth — Perkins School for the Blind
Parnassus, Vatican Palace
Raphael, 1483-1520 · [ca. 1509–1510]
Black and white engraving of a fresco by Raphael in the Vatican Palace in Rome depicting ancient and modern poets. Homer stands at the top left with his arm held out feeling in front of him and his head pointed upwards. Parnassus is the mountain where the muses would meet. Apollo sits at center surrounded by Poets including: Calliope, Polymnia, Clio, Erato, Terpsichore, Euterpe, Thalia, Urania, Melpomene, Virgil, Homer, Dante, Scribe, Berni, Petrarch, Corinna, Alc\u00e6us, Sappho, Plautus, Terence, Ovid , Sannazzaro, Cornelius Gallus, Anacreon, Horace, and Pindar.
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