Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ... library of George John, earl Spencer (1814)
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847, John Rylands Library · London · leaf 633
The well-remembered tale of the daughters of Danaus, King ofArgos, destroying their husbands the first night of their nuptials, withthe exception of Hypermnestra, who saved her husband (Lynceus orLinus) is thus frightfully delineated. … ADDITIONS AND EMENDATIONS. 593 The heroic Jason and Medea are thus represented, at the head of theXVIth chapter. The latter has the head of the slaughtered Absirthiusin her hand; while a crowned figure is stooping and picking up hissevered limbs. Two horsemen are in the back-ground.
