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| Kerstin Bernhard Signage going up in Berlin for Greta Garbo starring in the film Queen Christina 1934 gelatin silver print Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Paul Baudry Sketch for an Allegorical Figure of Jurisprudence 1880 oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims |
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| Eugène Carrière Priam imploring Achilles for the Body of Hector (scene from the Iliad) 1876 oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau |
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| Heinrich Anton Dahling Käthchen von Heilbronn and Count Wetter vom Ray (scene from The Trial by Fire, drama by Heinrich von Kleist) ca. 1810 oil on canvas Landesmuseum Hannover |
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| Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki Saint Richardis of Swabia, widow of Charles le Gros, taking the Veil ca. 1790 etching Museum Folkwang, Essen |
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| Christian Berentz Still Life with Relief Fragment from the Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome ca. 1715-20 oil on canvas Deutsche Barockgalerie, Augsburg |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Apollo disguised as a Shepherd, with Mercury and Battus approaching (scene from the Metamorphoses of Ovid) ca. 1587-88 drawing Staatsgalerie Stuttgart |
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| Hugo Birger Interior of the Parlor of Pontus and Göthilda Fürstenberg, illuminated by Electricity 1902 oil on canvas Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| Philippe de Champaigne Adam and Eve mourning the Death of Abel ca. 1656 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Carlo Crivelli Enthroned Virgin and Child giving Keys to the Apostle Peter, attended by Saints ca. 1488 tempera on panel (altarpiece) Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
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| Nils Jakob Blommér After defeating Loki, Heimdall returns Brisingamen (necklace of fire) to Freyja (scene from Norse mythology) 1846 oil on canvas Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| Michelangelo Cerquozzi Family of Beggars in the Ruins of the Colosseum ca. 1640 oil on canvas National Museum, Warsaw |
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| Franz Ludwig Catel Pompey's Visit to Cicero's Villa near Pozzuoli 1828-29 oil on canvas Bildgalerie von Sanssouci, Potsdam |
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| Thomas Blanchet Design for Allegorical Fountain honoring the Duc de Bourgogne ca. 1682 drawing Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims |
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| Simone Cantarini (il Pesarese) Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune honoring the Arms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese ca. 1630 etching Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Brassaï Couple d´amoureux dans un petit café parisien, Quartier Italie ca. 1930 gelatin silver print Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
In the course of time their athletic contest, the Games of the Dead, took place. The judges were Achilles, who was holding the office for the fifth time, and Theseus, holding it for the seventh. I shall summarize the events; a full report would take a long time. The wrestling was won by Caprus the Heraclid, who beat Odysseus for the title. The boxing was a draw between Areius the Egyptian, who is buried in Corinth, and Epeius. They have no pancratium, and I cannot now recall who won the race. In poetry, Homer was really much the best; Hesiod won, though. The prize for every winner was a garland of peacock feathers plaited.
Just after the games were finished, news was brought that those who were being punished in the abode of the wicked had broken their chains and overpowered their guard and were advancing upon the island, under Phalaris of Acragas, Busiris the Egyptian, Diomede the Thracian, and Sciron and Pityocamptes and their followers. On hearing this, Rhadamanthus marshaled the heroes on the beach, giving the command to Theseus, Achilles and Ajax the son of Telamon (now restored to sanity).
– Lucian, from A True Story (2nd century AD), translated from Greek by B.P. Reardon (1989)