This painting, by the Danish artist Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (c. 1783 – 1853), was inspired by a painful myth involving the mischievous Norse god,...
This gloomy painting, attributed to the workshop of the Austrian artist Heinrich Friedrich Füger (c. 1751-1818), depicts the widowed Andromache mourning over the body...
Dividing wealth among treasure-hunters is often a tense task, prone to arguments and suspicion, but relationships in such situations can become especially strained when...
Attributed to Hildr Hrólfsdóttir (c. 9th century), recorded by Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241)
"Tis ill 'gainst wolf to be wolfish,
warrior, such wolf opposing.
Hard that wolf...
Njal's Saga (written anonymously in the 13th century)
"Never kill more than once within the same bloodline, and never break any settlement which goodmen make...
In 406 BCE, Eteonicus was a trusted officer serving under the Spartan nauarch (or admiral), Callicratidas. Together, they campaigned against Athenian positions in the...
This painting, titled Cincinnatus Recevant Les Ambassadeurs De Rome (or Cincinnatus Receiving The Ambassadors From Rome), was created by the French artist Alexandre Cabanel...
Rome faced great trials and tribulations in the 4th century BCE. The awkward and embarrassing Gallic sack of Rome occurred that century, happening sometime...
William Shakespeare (c. 1564 - 1616)
"Things base and vile, holding no quantity,
Love can transpose to form and dignity.
Love looks not with the eyes,...
Two brothers, Hildir and Hallgeir, along with their sister, Ljot, journeyed to Iceland during the so-called Age of Settlement (c. 860-930). This trio reportedly...
This painting, by the Dutch artist Carel Fabritius (c. 1622-1654), was inspired by the ancient Greco-Roman myth of Mercury (aka Hermes), Argus and Io....
Duke Gisulf (or Gisulfo) was a Lombard duke of Benevento who operated with substantial autonomy during the tumultuous reigns of the Lombard kings Cunincpert...
Njal's Saga (written anonymously in the 13th century)
"Never kill more than once within the same bloodline, and never break any settlement which goodmen make...
Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus (or simply Titus Manlius Torquatus) and Publius Decius Mus were the two Roman consuls who led Rome’s military in a...
This painting, by the Italian artist Salvator Rosa (c. 1615-1673), depicts a scene from Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. In particular, the artwork re-creates...
This painting, titled Cincinnatus Recevant Les Ambassadeurs De Rome (or Cincinnatus Receiving The Ambassadors From Rome), was created by the French artist Alexandre Cabanel...
Thorstein the Shipbuilder (also known simply as Thorstein Shipbuilder) was, as his name conveys, a man who built ships in 11th-century Norway. He specifically...
