Blind Homer with His Student Guide

Blind Homer With His Student Guide is a bronze sculpture by Moses Jacob Ezekiel in the likeness of the blind poet Homer, author of the Iliad, accompanied by a student guide.

Ezekiel completed the statue in 1907 on a commission from John Woodruff Simpson as a gift for Amherst College, his alma mater.

[2] Ezekiel completed the work in his Rome studio and donated a five foot tall black marble pedestal upon which the statue was originally installed.

In January 2019, the statue was damaged and the lyre held by the "student guide" was apparently stolen.

Charles McCance, the University associate Vice President for communications, said that "the original mounts were severely corroded … It would not have taken much force to remove the lyre.".