The six-line inscription in Ancient Greek found on the fragment of a 6th century AD Byzantine amphora...
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‘ Frontispiece to the 6th edition of Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton (published under the pseudonym Democritus Junior)...
Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, folio 7 recto from the Vienna Genesis, early 6th century, tempera, gold...
Coin (didramma) from the “Romano-campana” series, Herakles and the wolf suckling the twins, 265 B.C.E., silver coin...
Pentheus torn apart by Agave and Ino. Attic red-figure lekanis (cosmetics bowl) lid, ca. 450-425 BCE /...
Crowds watching Obaysch, London Zoo’s first hippopotamus in 1852. / Wikimedia Commons According to the American Zoo...
View of the Forum from the slope of the Capitoline to the Palatine Hill By Dr. Jeffrey A....
There is no greater insult today in American politics than to call someone an “elite.” No one...
By Elizabeth Richins / 09.12.2016 Freelance Information Professional Freud Museum London Sex, childbirth and reproductive health were...
Odysseus departs from the Land of the Phaeacians, painting by Claude Lorrain (1646) / Louvre Museum, Paris By Dr. Gregory Nagy...
An Iroquois longhouse Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 12.30.2017 Brewminate Editor-in-Chief All images from Wikimedia Commons Introduction A longhouse or long...
Lives and Afterlives By Dr. Ceri Law AHRC Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Cambridge We explore the historical and...
What was life in the fens like in the period known as the dark ages? Archaeologist Susan...
The discreet charms of the bourgeoisie owe something to the attractions of life as conjured by cookbook...
Pencil drawing of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from 1843 / Historisches Museum in Hanau, Wikimedia Commons Exploring...
By Dr. Richard Aspin / 11.03.2016 Head of Research Wellcome Library Almanacs have a long association...
By Dr. James Fieser / 04.01.2011 Professor of Philosophy University of Tennessee at Martin INTRODUCTION A driver’s education instructor...
Creative Commons By Dr. James Fieser / 04.01.2011 Professor of Philosophy University of Tennessee at Martin INTRODUCTION In the...
Illuminated illustration of the Ptolemaic geocentric conception of the Universe by Portuguese cosmographer and cartographer Bartolomeu Velho...
Peristyle, Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, Pompeii (Photo: F. Tronchin/Warren, Peristyle, Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, Pompeii, BY-NC-ND...
Portrait of Robert Bridges, taken sometime between 1910 and 1915 / Library of Congress, Public Domain In...
Figure 1.1 | Blind Homer with Guide, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau / Milwaukee Art Museum, Wikimedia Commons By...
Ave, Caesar! Io, Saturnalia! (1880) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1880, with the Praetorian Guard hailing Claudius (veiling himself in a curtain) as the new...
Shutterstock By Dr. Alan Avery-Peck / 12.07.2017 Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies College of the Holy Cross...
Stefan Zweig / Creative Commons By Will Stone / 12.02.2013 Poet, Translator ‘Friendship stands highest on the...
Emperor Constantine VII dining with Tsar Symeon of Bulgaria, 13th century / History of John Skylitzes (Skyllitzes Matritensis (Biblioteca Nacional de España) By Dr. Paul...
By Dr. James Fieser / 04.01.2011 Professor of Philosophy University of Tennessee at Martin Introduction Larry Phillips Jr.& Emil...
Wikimedia Commons By Dr. James Fieser / 04.01.2011 Professor of Philosophy University of Tennessee at Martin Wikimedia Commons Some...
The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount...
Photo by Saad Faruque, Creative Commons By Dr. James Fieser / 05.01.2016 Professor of Philosophy University of Tennessee at Martin...