Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 585
62 The myth of Danae and analogous myths on a picture of Danae1 may well refer to the work of Nikias, withwhich the poet must have been familiar. But certainty is unattainable.Variations on the same theme occur in Pompeian art2. Thesimplest and finest of these, which—I should suppose—perpetuatesthe… … V/W/i sq M -1? r-55 !*<«*»?-£* i**. 1 Mart. ep. 14. 175 Danae picla. cur a te pretium Danae, regnator Olympi, | accepit,gratis si tibi Leda dedit ? 2 F. Knatz Quomodo Persei fabulam artifices Graeci et Roniani tractaverint Bonnae1893 p. 7 gives a list of four paintings, which—along with others…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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