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A 1642 painting by William Dobson of the future Charles II of England (r. 1660-1685 CE). (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)

A c. 1683 painting by John Riley of Charles II of England (r. 1660-1685 CE) wearing armour and with the new British Crown Jewels. (The Weiss Gallery)

Banquet of Thyestes, fresco by Orlando Parentini, between 1559 and 1565. Room XX of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT

Roman terracotta plaque depicting Pelops and Hippodamia, 27 BCE to 68 CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

An illustration following the evolution of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (also called Lagides, for Lagos, the father of Ptolemy I Soter) in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. This family tree reveals one of the most important distinguishing features...

Part of the Strasbourg Fragment of Empedocles (Physika I 262–300), rediscovered in 1990, translated and published in 1999. National University Library of Strasbourg.

Diagram of Empedocles' cosmic cycle showing the relationship between love and strife in the operation of the universe.

Image of the Greek Pre-Socratic Philosopher Empedocles from The History of Philosophy by Sir Thomas Stanley, 1655.

Zeuxo pours wine to Chrysippos on an Attic red-figured kylix by the Brygos painter, from the Brygos Tomb in Capua, c. 490-480 BCE. The British Museum, London.

A 19th-century painting by Paul Delaroche titled "Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers". Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) was handed over to the Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) in 1648 during the English Civil...