Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 583
the 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 who flourished c. 350—300 B.C.2 andwas famous at once for his careful rendering of women and… … Fig. 296. improbably5 Danae was depicted sitting on the nuptial couch andreceiving the gold in her lap, as she did in a painting described byTerence6(or by Menandros whom Terence copied7). Martials epigram 711; Overbeck Gr. Kunstmyth. Zeus p. 407is from a photograph kindly supplied by 1 Brit. Mils.…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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