Did Sappho really throw herself from the Leucadian Cliff when she was jilted by Phaon the local ferryman, or was Ovid ridiculing the story?
Category Archive: Life
The story of Hypermnestra’s faithfulness to her husband, her trial for not murdering him, and what happened to her sisters, the Danaides.
Her studies of light moved indoors, using the shadows of kerosene lanterns, and depicting women in church.
Was ripe wheat cut using a sickle, hook, or scythe? Paintings from 1565 to 1890 show a preference for scythes when men were available.
Scathing satire from Honoré Daumier and Jean-Louis Forain, together with view of the Old Bailey, a Norwegian magistrate, and a German court lit by candles.
The stories of Cambyses the corrupt judge, Phryne charged with impiety, the judgement of Solomon, the Tichborne Trial, and several others.
One of Ovid’s best stories, of a man who inadvertently kills his wife when she suspects him of having an affair with a nymph when he should be hunting.
Led by progressive administrations in the French Republic and Scotland, secular classes improved discipline and improved their pupils.
Chaos in the barren classrooms of the 1600s gradually restored to order over the following two centuries as boys and girls learned to read and write.
One of Norway’s most famous artists, a pioneering woman painter and influential teacher. Exploring the play of light on interiors and more.
The Eclectic Light Company 