classic mythology

A still from the 1985 film <n>Ran</n>, directed by <n>Akira Kurosawa</n>.

Bronze <n>Head of an Akkadian Ruler</n>, thought to depict King <n>Sargon of Akkad</n>. 23rd century BC.

Cover of <n>The Georgics of Virgil</n> (1904), illustrated by <n>F. L. Griggs</n>.

<n>The Course of Empire: Desolation</n> (1836), a painting by artist <n>Thomas Cole</n>.

The <n>Caryatids</n> of the <n>Erechtheion</n> temple on the Acropolis of Athens.

A replica of the <n>Winged Victory of Samothrace</n> at the <n>Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts</n>. Photo by <n>Shakko</n>.

<n>Franz von Stuck</n>'s painting <n>Orpheus</n>, 1891.