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...
Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE)
"Soft words
Remove harsh door-chains. There's magic in poetry, its power
Can pull down the bloody moon,
Turn back the sun, make serpents burst...
Many ancient philosophical writers from Greece and the Roman Empire had reservations and questions about the worldview that was proposed to them by their...
Sun Tzu (sayings recorded between 6th and 3rd century BCE)
"He who knows
Neither self
Nor enemy
Will fail
In every battle."
Sun Tzu's The Art of War (Chapter Three), translated...
