His illustrations enliven the imagination and stir the emotions as the reader delves into this mythical world of gods and men. Packer brings the story to life through brightly coloured, stylized images of gods and men that are at once delicate yet robust reflecting the strong themes of war, brotherhood and (im)mortality than run through the narrative. Packer's illustrations have quite literally brought new colour to the tale: Over 2500 years on, and the book is still as gripping today as it was for the Greeks and Romans who shared the tale round campfires in the Mediterranean. Gillian Cross has presented an honest retelling of the story, and is true to the original opening it up to new and younger audiences. The Iliad is one of the greatest known works of epic poetry by Homer.įollowing on from the glowing success of The Odyssey, published by Walker Books in 2012, the electric collaboration of Cross and Packer returns with this fresh version of The Iliad. The exhibition opening coincided, as if by accident, with National Poetry Day 2015. For the next two weeks the Gallery will be host to The Iliad illustrated by Neil Packer.
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