This painting, by the French artist Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (c. 1790-1870), was inspired by stories about the ancient Greek mythological figure, Telemachus—the son...
Balthild, a future wife and mother of kings, emerged from obscure origins in the early 7th century. Also called Balthilde, Bathild and Baldhild, she...
In the early 8th century, a decorated warrior and administrative official named Sergios came to be appointed as the Byzantine governor of Constantinople’s imperial...
This painting, by the French artist Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (c. 1790-1870), was inspired by stories about the ancient Greek mythological figure, Telemachus—the son...
This painting, by the French artist Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (c. 1790-1870), was inspired by stories about the ancient Greek mythological figure, Telemachus—the son...
The Malleus Maleficarum (published by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger in 1487)
"The stars can influence the devils themselves in the causing of certain spells;...
Euripides (c. 485-406 BCE)
"All of our human life is full of pain
and there is no rest from toil."
From Euripides’ Hippolytus (approximately line 190),...
The Buddha (c. 6th-5th century BCE)
"It is better indeed to conquer yourself
rather than other people."
The Dhammapada (Verses on the Way, Chapter 8), recorded in...
Several figures described in the Icelandic sagas had very gruesome and cruel childhoods involving abuse and violence. Perhaps the darkest childhoods belonged to the...
