He moved to Munich, second only to Paris at the time. There he co-founded the Secession, experimented in his painting, and drank lots of red wine and champagne.
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Born near Königsberg/Kaliningrad, he trained there and in Munich before studying at the Académie Julian in Paris. Prolific in all genres, he’s one of the greatest modern German painters.
The assassination of Julius Caesar occurred when Jupiter had decided his life was already completed, so Venus rescued his soul from the Senate House and he was transformed into a star.
A strange dream offers hope when plague strikes the citizens of Rome in 293 BCE. They bring a snake back, the god Aesculapius, who saves the city and has a temple on Tiber Island.
Pythagoras links the myths in Ovid’s book in the constant changes seen in nature, and advocates vegetarianism. Then King Numa’s wife dictates to him the laws of Rome.
It took him 3 attempts to get to Rome, where he fell ill with syphilis. His patron helped him become well-read and erudite, and that led him to paint sublime pure landscapes.
Romulus ploughs the boundary of the city of Rome, then defeats the Sabine king Tatius, marries his daughter, and is eventually taken to be the god Quirinus.
The god of the seasons and gardens falls in love with a devoted gardener, but can’t woo her successfully when posing as someone else.
The faithful king turned into a woodpecker, Aeneas’s long war against Turnus, his founding of the city of Alba, and promotion to deity on his death.
Ulysses visits Circe’s island, where his crew are turned into swine. When she tries to do the same with him, he refuses. They marry and spend a year together.
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