This painting, by the Dutch artist Gillis Claesz d'Hondecoeter (c. 1575/1580-1638) was inspired by the myths and folktales of Orpheus—a legendary muse-born poet, musician...
This painting, by the French artist Jules Bastien-Lepage (c. 1848–1884), depicts a scene of the teenage Jeanne d’Arc (or Joan of Arc, c. 1412-1431)....
This painting, by the Dutch artist Gillis Claesz d'Hondecoeter (c. 1575/1580-1638) was inspired by the myths and folktales of Orpheus—a legendary muse-born poet, musician...
The Bhagavad Gita (c. 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE)
"One who would hear
without sneering,
full of trust,
would be freed,
and would reach
those happy worlds
where actions are pure."
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History about the Scandinavian settlement of British islands, such as the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands and the Hebrides, is dubious at best, even...
Around 586, King Guntram of Burgundy (r. 561-593), patriarch of the Merovingian Dynasty that ruled over the Frankish empire, unleashed the military might of...
Jonathan Swift (c. 1667-1745)
"I dare engage, these creatures have their titles and distinctions of honour; they contrive little nests and burrows, that they call...
This painting, by the Italian artist Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (c. 1610-1662), depicts a Greco-Roman god of vegetation. The figure can be identified either as...
This painting, by the Italian artist Pietro della Vecchia (c. 1602-1678), depicts a practitioner of chiromancy, a form of divination also known as cheiromancy,...
This painting, by the Czech artist Jan Jiří Heinsch (1647-1712), purports to depict King Sigismund of Burgundy (r. 516-523). Although curiously labeled a saint,...
