King Cunincpert became the ruler of the Lombards in Italy around 688 after succeeding his father, King Perctarit (r. 671-688). Upon Cunincpert’s ascendance to...
This drawing, by the Swedish artist Johan Tobias Sergel (c. 1740-1814), re-creates the dramatic argument that occurred between King Agamemnon and Achilles in the...
This painting, by the British artist Frederic Leighton (c. 1830-1896), was inspired by the sad and tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The instrument-wielding...
The Buddha (6th Century BCE)
"Though one might conquer in battle
a thousand times a thousand men,
the one who conquers himself alone
is supreme in battle."
The Dhammapada...
Thucydides (Athenian general and historian, c. 460-400 BCE)
"Haste and anger are, to my mind, the two greatest obstacles to wise counsel - haste, that...
(Werewolf illustration for the story "The Werewolf Howls". Internal illustration from the pulp magazine Weird Tales (November 1941, vol. 36, no. 2, page 38),...
This drawing, by the Swedish artist Johan Tobias Sergel (c. 1740-1814), re-creates the dramatic argument that occurred between King Agamemnon and Achilles in the...
This painting, by the British artist Frederic Leighton (c. 1830-1896), was inspired by the sad and tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The instrument-wielding...
This painting, by the Italian artist Vincenzo Camuccini (c. 1771-1844), depicts the ancient Roman poet, Virgil (c. 70-19 BCE), reading sections of his epic...
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,...
Ancient Greece’s mightiest hero, Heracles (known in Rome as Hercules), was the son of Greek mythology’s chief god, Zeus, and a Mycenaean princess named...
This painting, by the Italian artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (c. 1609 - 1664), was inspired by the historical event of Alexander the Great (r....
Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113), a wealthy Roman lawyer, bureaucrat, politician, and financial advisor, one day bought a certain bronze statue of a human...
This artwork, by the English artist Thomas Seddon (1821-1856), envisions the daily life of the ancient Greek mythical figure, Penelope, who was the wife...
This colorful and psychedelic painting, by the French artist Odilon Redon (c. 1840-1916), depicts the ancient god, Apollo, dominating a grotesque green serpentine monster....
