Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 583
he right, and anattendant woman—presumably the nurse of Pherekydes narrative—struck with wonder on the left. The painter has here used actualgilding to denote the golden drops. Nikias of Athens, an artist Vvho flourished c. 350—300 B.C.^ andwas famous at once for his careful rendering of women and… … Fig. 296. improbably^ Danae was depicted sitting on the nuptial couch andreceiving the gold in her lap, as she did in a painting described byTerence^(or by Menandros whom Terence copied). Martials epigram ^ Brit. Mils. Cat. Vases iii. 351 f. no. E 711, Overbeck G7. Ktittstmyth. Zeus p. 407no. 3.…
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