Ew. Put that away
Hermes Presenting Hera with the Head of Argus Argus Panoptes,Ἄργος Πανόπτης, or Argos was a hundred-eyed giant. The epithet Panoptes, reflects his mythic role, set...
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Prostitute on Trial
Phryne the ἑταῖρα. She was born in Thespiae, Boeotia, but lived at Athens as a courtesan, ἑταῖρα, Hetaera. Due to her beauty and cleverness she...
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Roman Muscle
The marble torso of an Emperor in military regalia including Lorica Musculata (Cuirass) ca. 1st Century CE, so one of the Julio- Claudians. It stands...
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Samurai in Egypt
Samurai posing in front of the Sphinx in 1864. Following “Emperor Komei’s order to drive out the barbarians” in 1863, a Japanese embassy set out...
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What happened to Icarus?
Daedalus and Icarus Daedalus managed to create gigantic wings, using branches of osier and connected them with wax. He taught his son Icarus how to...
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Was the Myth of the Marathon Runner Real?
The myth of Pheidippides Fifth century B.C. Greek historian Herodotus, the “father of history,” made no mention of Pheidippides running to Athens in his account...
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Blindfolded Eros Shooting Love Arrows
This piece, in which a blindfolded Cupid shoots arrows at his female quarry, is a fascinating combination of painting and sculpture. The technique, in which...
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UncategorisedLeading the market in customer complaints since 1750 BCE
EA Nasir logo. Challenge everything he sells you. takes a heavy clay and proceeds to write in cuneiform * you deliver games with lower quality...
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It's Viking time… To take a nap.
When you wanna take a nap but also wanna pillage.
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Sleeping beauty
The Sleeping Beauty (1880). Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany — Louis Sussmann-Hellborn (German 1828 – 1908)
