A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 493
esus which Pelopsand his descendants ruled, Pelopea mcenia. Mycenae is called Pelopeiades Mycence by Ovid. Penerope. Daughter of Icarius and Periboea of Sparta. Wifeof Ulysses king ofIthaca. Her fatherhad promised togive her to the con-queror in a foot-race ; but whenUlysses won it, Ica-rius tried… … Penelope. (British Maseum.) 478 ANCIENT MYTHS Troy. During his absence she was besieged by suitors, but shedeceived them by declaring that she must finish a robe for herfather-in-law, Laertes, before she could listen to them. She workedupon this robe by day and unraveled it at night, and thus…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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