The Centauromachy — Wedding Fight That Defined Greek Art
The Centauromachy — the battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithous. The centaurs were invited to the wedding but got...

















The Centauromachy — the battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithous. The centaurs were invited to the wedding but got...
The Lady of the Lake has obviously had a tech upgrade since King Arthur’s day. Excalibur (5th century): mythical sword, magical powers, chosen king. Excalibur...
Homer Pavlos: ‘This is the most embarrassing moment of Chris Nolan’s career. He will be remembered as a weak man who bowed to a dying,...
Caesar in the Gauls: ‘I came, I saw, I conquered.’ Caesar in Egypt: ‘I conquered, I saw, I came.’ The difference between fighting Gallic tribes...
Trad West: ‘Now you understand why the Byzantine Varangian Guard was almost entirely composed of Norsemen.’ Top left: A modern Norwegian rugby player built like...
New images from IGN: The Odyssey. Two views of the same Greek shore — Odysseus washed up, misty morning and golden afternoon. 2,700 years later,...
Lupita Nyong’o: ‘When you read The Iliad and The Odyssey, very little time is spent from the perspective of the women.’ Let’s check Homer’s female...
Average Prussian: spit-shined boots, tricorn hat, cane, knows the exact proper way to do everything. Average Bavarian: lederhosen, beer, pretzel, goat, big mustache. The two...
In 1140, King Conrad III allowed the women of a captured castle to leave with only what they could carry. They chose to carry their...
France: ‘Let’s lay down two 27,000 ton battleships. The Italians can’t build anything bigger.’ Italy: ‘The Italians lay down two 35,000 ton battleships.’ 1930s naval...
Real 21st Century: brightly lit Times Square, neon ads, crowds. 3013 Movie adaptation: bleak concrete bunker, fog, dystopian silence. Real Sengoku period: colorful kimono, gold...
Italian: ‘At least we are better than the french…’ Random french guy: holds up baguette Battle of Pont Saint-Louis, June 1940. 9 French soldiers in...