Images

The assassination of King Sigebert I of Austrasia in 575, probably on the orders of Queen Fredegund of Nuestria. Illustration from the Grandes Chroniques de France, FR 2813 fol. 33v, c. 1375-1380. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Death of King Chilperic I (l. c. 539-584), by Évariste Vital Luminais, 1885. Hôtel de ville, Lyon.

Return of the Turkish army from Szigetvár, feigning that Suleiman I is still alive, double miniature, Hazine 1339, 104a, 16th century. Topkapı Palace, Istanbul Scanned by Szilas from Török miniatúrák by Géza Fehér, Corvina 1978, Budapest...

Circumcision festival of Bayezid and Cihangir, illustration from the Süleymanname, F.412a, 1558. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus, oil on canvas by Francesco Solimena, 1704. J. Paul Getty Museum, California.

The Gates of Dawn, oil on canvas, by Herbert James Draper. 1900. Draper's Hall, London.

Cephalus and Aurora, oil on canvas by Nicolas Poussin, 1627. National Gallery, London.

Cephalus and Aurora by John Flaxman, 1789-90. Lady Lever Art Gallery, Cheshire.

Eos in her four-horse chariot, detail of terracotta red-figure lekanis vase attributed to the Stuttgart group, from Canosa, late 300s BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Eos lifting up the body of her son Memnon in the so-called "Memnon Pieta" on the interior of an Attic red-figure cup, signed by Douris (painter) and Kalliades (potter), from Capua, Italy, c. 490-480 BCE. Louvre, Paris.