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Danaë and the shower of gold, detail of a Boeotian red-figure krater

Danaë reclines on a bed draped with a patterned sheet. Her hair is arranged up on the back of her head and covered with a net or cloth. She wears a cloth drape open in front exposing her abdomen. Zeus in the form of rain falls on her abdomen.

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Danaë reclines on a bed as Zeus in the form of rain falls on her abdomen. Boeotian red-figure krater, Louvre CA925. Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen via Wikimedia Commons.

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Associated Passages

1-18

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Date

3rd quarter of the 5th century BCE

Medium

terracotta

Location

Louvre

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Apulian red-figure oenochoe depicting the Rape of Oreithyia by Boreas

Boreas, depicted as a bearded and winged man, grasps the struggling Oreithyia around the torso, lifting her into the air. Oreithyia left arm is free, raised above her head, perhaps to fight off Boreas or perhaps in supplication. Her right hand grabs at Boreas's hands locked around her chest. Her head is thrown back against Boreas's chest.

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Rape of Oreithyia by Boreas. Detail from an Apulian red-figure oenochoe, ca. 360 BC. Louvre Museum, Paris (accession no. K 35).

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Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen

Associated Passages

Ovid, Amores 1.6

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Hans Holbein the Younger, "Lais of Corinth"

A Woman dressed in a Renaissance style dress sits behind a table or plinth with ": Lais : Corinthiaca : 1526 :" apparently engraved on the front edge. A heavy curtain hangs behind her. Lais faces the viewer with her right hand extended palm up. Her left hand holds a drape lying in her lap. On the table is a pile of gold coins.

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Hans Holbein the Younger (1498–1543), "Lais of Corinth," (1526) color on linden wood, h 34.6 cm (13.6 in), w 26.8 cm (10.6 in). Kunstmesuem Basel.

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Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Associated Passages

Ovid, Amores 1.5

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Date

1526

Location

Kunstmesuem Basel

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Kingdom of Northumbria in AD 802

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Image source: Wikimedia Commons

Associated Passages

Chapter 3.1

Subjects

Bede

Type

Map

License

Creative Commons Attribution

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Agent

Finn Bjorklid

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Venus de Praxitèle (Ma 366)

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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

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