“Feridun Strikes Zahak With The Ox-Headed Mace,” watercolor on paper, Tabriz, Iran, circa 1525, from Firdawsi’s “Shahnameh”...
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Illustration for “God’s Providence”, from the 1705 English edition of Orbis Sensualium Pictus / Internet Archive In the mid...
Dying Warrior sculpture from the East Pediment of the late archaic Temple of Aphaia in Aegina,c.500-480 BCE,...
Statue of the ancient greek historian Herodotus at the parliament of Vienna / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Gregory...
Detail of a relief depicting the “Apotheosis of Homer,” attributed to Archelaos of Priene, ca. 225 BCE–205...
Detail from a Sydney Paget illustration to ‘The Final Problem’ which appeared in The Strand Magazine in December, 1893....
Dorando Pietri, being helped over the line by officials to come first in the marathon at the...
Spirit photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle taken by the ‘spirit photographer’ Ada Deane in 1922, the same...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Romantic poet and co-author of ‘Lyrical Ballads’. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery Much of...
Odysseus and his crew escape the cyclops, as painted by Arnold Böcklin in 1896. Wikimedia By Dr. Chris...
Odysseus departs from the Land of the Phaeacians, painting by Claude Lorrain (1646) / Louvre Museum, Paris By Dr. Gregory Nagy...
Illustration from Schwab, Gustav: “Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums” (1882) By Dr. Gregory Nagy Francis Jones Professor...
The Triumph of Achilles by Franz von Matsch. Achilles is seen dragging Hector’s lifeless body in front of the...
The body of Patroclus is lifted by Menelaus and Meriones while Odysseus and others look on (Etruscan relief, 2nd century BC) / Photo by...
Thetis immersing her son, Achilles, in the River Styx by Antoine Borel, 18th century / Galleria Nazionale,...
Achilles sacrificing to Zeus for Patroclus’ safe return, from the Ambrosian Iliad, a 5th-century illuminated manuscript. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Gregory...
Pencil drawing of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from 1843 / Historisches Museum in Hanau, Wikimedia Commons Exploring...
Dying Achilles (Achilleas thniskon) in the gardens of the Achilleion / Photo by Dr.K., Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Gregory Nagy...
“I’m a Dylan professor and a Dylan fan,” says Harvard Professor Richard Thomas, who teaches a popular...
Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector’s lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy, from a panoramic fresco on the upper level...
A Reading from Homer (1885) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1885 / Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Jean...
Portrait of Robert Bridges, taken sometime between 1910 and 1915 / Library of Congress, Public Domain In...
Ajax defending the ships of the Greeks. After a drawing by John Flaxman / Image via H.P....
Elizabeth Bisland at the time of her trip, from the frontispiece to In Seven Stages / Author’s own scan....
Stefan Zweig / Creative Commons By Will Stone / 12.02.2013 Poet, Translator ‘Friendship stands highest on the...
By Dr. Gregory Nagy Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature Professor of Comparative Literature Director, Center...
OVID WITH LAUREL WREATH (CREDIT : WIKIMEDIA) By Louise Taylor / 05.06.2013 TEFL Educator Southwest France Ovid’s Background Ovid...
Nestor’s Sacrifice (1805). Engraving after John Flaxman (1755-1826). Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance...
The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount...
The Arrival of Aeneas in Carthage, by Jean-Bernard Restout, c.1773 / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Wikimedia...