Everything about the gods and heroes of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

The legends and myths of ancient Greece and Rome are not one millennium fascinating humanity with their harsh beauty. Their plots and images, full of harmony and greatness, are the key to understanding the works of art from antiquity to the present day, the foundation of any education.
In 1914, Nikolai Albertovich Kun retold the ancient Greek Epos for the gymnasists, and since then no one managed to surpass it in the beauty and clarity of the syllable. Later Alexander Alexandrovna Nejhardt supplemented his work with stories about the gods and heroes of ancient Rome. Illustrations are perfectly suitable for these texts from the "Main Atlas of World History", issued by the famous Wolf printing house in 1865. The artist atlas relied on classic images, so do not be surprised if you find out the best samples of antique sculpture and painting in his works