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Greek, Roman, Briton And Norse Mythology All Feature The Land of Troy
(Center: Homer, Left: Snorri Sturluson and Right: Virgil. All images in the collage are licensed as Public Domain via Creative Commons)
The concept of the...
The Groundbreaking Akkadian Priestess Enheduanna Is Mankind’s Oldest Known Author To Have Signed Her...
(Calcite disc of Enheduanna discovered by Sir Leonard Wooley in 1927 depicting Enheduanna and her attendants, photographed by Mefman00 and cropped, via Creative...
The Unlikely Man Who Popularized The Stories Of King Arthur—Geoffrey of Monmouth
(Painting of King Arthur by N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945), from Sir Thomas Mallory, via Creative Commons
In 12th-century Britain, a peculiar churchman, historian and teacher...
Virgil (70-19 BCE)
(Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia, by Jean-Baptiste Wicar (1762–1834), via Creative Commons)
The poet Publius Vergilius Maro, better known as...
Zeus Was Disturbingly Creative In The Ways He Punished His Wife, Hera
(Hera Campana. Marble, Roman copy of an Hellenistic original, 2nd century AD, via Creative Commons)
In Greek mythology, few divine couples were perfect. More...
Ares, The Underwhelming God Of War
(The Combat of Ares and Athena (cropped), by Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), via Creative Commons)
The ancient Greek god of war, Ares, remains one of...
Ares, The Greek God of War, Was Trapped In A Bronze Jar For 13...
(So-called “Ludovisi Ares”. Pentelic marble, Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 320 BC. Some restorations in Cararra marble by Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1622,...
Anna Komnene—The Talented Princess Of The Byzantine Empire And Her Impressive Book Of History
Anna Komnene (1083-1153) was an extraordinary woman. She was an erudite scholar of multiple intellectual fields and a cunning political schemer who is believed...
Alexander The Great Was As Adept At Literature As He Was At War
(Sculpted portrait of Alexander the Great by Andrea del Verrocchio (1436–1488), via Creative Commons)
Anyone who knows anything about Alexander the Great knows that...
Sun Tzu and the Art of War
(Soldiers from the Ming Dynasty Departure Herald, from the Jiajing reign period in China (1522-1566), via Creative Commons)
A Violent Golden Age
The centuries spanning...
