Orpheus and Eurydice
— Charles De Sousy (1866-1931)

Pythagoras
— Gianni De Conno (1957-2017)

The Death of Archimedes
— Victor Cloux (2021)

Apollo Kitharoidos

This is why I believe that fully-honest historical films are some of the best 'RW' media. This doesn't mean unstylized films or documentaries, but rather films that engage with the past on its own terms.

The Northman is a good example. 300, Barry Lyndon, Master & Commander, etc.

Following the commands of the Delphic Oracle, Athenian strategies Kimon found the giant bones of Theseus on the pirate infested island of Skyros. There Kimon spied an eagle tearing at a mound in the earth. Plutarch wrote “By some divine ordering he comprehended the meaning of…

Section of a Hypothetical Restoration of the Temple of the Sun, Rome
— Gustave-Adolphe Gerhardt (1865)

The Philosopher Crowned

Buy book. For the Divine Plato.

Plato was so great a philosopher that it would take 2,192 before his first worthy rival would be born. Between Plato and Nietzsche lies the whole drama of philosophy. Resolving their opposition is a task for the greatest minds, and would surely result in a Renaissance.

Preparations for a Sacrifice from Trajan’s Column

Head of a Roman House Offering Sacrifice at the Lararium
— A Popular History of Rome by D. Rose (1886)

A Roman paterfamilias making sacrifice at the household’s altar to the Penates (protectors of foodstuffs), Lares (guardians of the home), Manes (spirits of ancestors), and the Genius (divine spark) of the collective family, its individual members, and the residence itself

The Oath of Brutus After the Death of Lucretia (detail)
— Henri Pinta (1884)