5 Weirdest Deaths in History
No one could have predicted these deaths
Death is an unavoidable part of the human condition. Regardless of where you live or how wealthy you are, your life will eventually come to an end. Most of us pray for a clean and painless death in our elderly years.
But death comes in many forms, and throughout human history, plenty of people have died in unusual ways. Though there’s no consensus when it comes to the weirdest deaths of all time, the following individuals all died in extraordinary circumstances.
1. Zeuxis
Zeuxis was a Greek painter who lived and worked in the fifth century BC. He studied under the guidance of Apollodorus before gaining a reputation for his innovative, illusionary style and novel subject matter.
Thanks to his commercial success, he spent much of his later years in the ancient city of Ephesus, where he enjoyed a lavish lifestyle full of luxury. But Zeuxis’s pleasurable pursuits soon came to an abrupt end.
According to ancient sources, an old woman asked Zeuxis to paint a picture of the goddess Aphrodite. But the old woman also insisted on being…
