Sages Collection

Five old men play a game of boules or bowls, circa 1800. Copied from Martinets Caricatures Parisiennes. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Two Rishis - India
Two Rishis. In the Vedas (the oldest scriptures of Hinduism) the term Rishi denotes an inspired poet of Ṛ igvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry

Baths of the Seven Sages. Ostia Antica
Ostia Antica. Baths of the Seven Sages. 2nd century AD. Round hall. Detail. Near Rome. Italy

CLEOBULUS One of the Seven Sages of Greece, famous for the beautiful shape of his body. He wrote some verses, and was presumably pretty bright. Date: 694 - 564 BCE

Parody of the seven sages of the bamboo grove. Print shows seven women portraying the seven sages of the bamboo grove; some with musical instruments (koto and shamisen), one with a scroll

Seven Sages of Greece
The Seven Sages, or Wise Men, of Greece - Bias of Priene; Chilo of Sparta; Cleobolus of Lindos; Periander of Corinth; Pittacus of Mytilene; Solon of Athens; Thales of Miletus

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