Aesop's Fables Aesop and Others, newly done into English with an Application to each Fable". First published in 1722, with engravings by Elisha Kirkall for each fable, it was continuously reprinted into the second half of the 19th century. Another popular collection was John Newbery's "Fables in Verse for the Improvement of the Young and the Old", facetiously attributed to Abraham Aesop Esquire, which was to see ten editions after its first publication in 1757. Robert Dodsley's three-volume "Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists" is distinguished for several reasons. First that it was printed in Birmingham by John Baskerville in 1761;
Warfare in ancient Greek art Warfare in ancient Greek art Warfare was a common occurrence in Greece from the Neolithic Period through its conquest by Alexander the Great and until its conquest by the Roman Empire. Because of this, warfare was a typical theme in many pieces of ancient Greek art. Many works of art, like the Doryphoros or the chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos, used military objects in their composition, and many others, like the Chigi vase, had warfare as their main subject. Ancient Greek art is an important aspect of not just the history of art, but the history of warfare as well,