Hippocrates (460-375 BCE)
"Life is short but art is long."
Attributed to Hippocrates in Hermotimus or On Philosophical Schools (section 1) by Lucian of Samosata...
An unknown 18th-century artist created this painting of Saint Eligius, an altruistic artisan and bishop who lived during the time of the Merovingian Frankish...
This rather damaged painting by an unknown 16th or 17th century artist re-creates an infamous legend from the history of ancient Rome. Specifically, it...
Egil Skallagrimsson (10th century Viking-age poet)
"Blind, I must bear
this eye ailment,
blunder to the fire, beg
mercy from a maidservant;
formerly a fierce king
warmed to my words;
the...
