When the present owner . . . obtained it, the canvass on which it was painted was nearly decayed with age, and the picture was in great danger of being lost . . . [but was] transferred to a new ...

Excavations in a lavishly decorated house in ancient Pompeii have yielded a Valentine's Day-worthy discovery: a fresco of Narcissus, the mythical hunter who fell in love with his own reflection.

The story of Narcissus has for many thousand years been descanted and dwelt upon. . . . It is easy to imagine how his grieved spirit would mourn her loss. . . . I have supposed him to have visited the ...