Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Dirce


The Christian Dirce, by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902). In Euripides' play Antiope, Dirce is killed by being tied to the horns of a bull. Note the fasces-bearing lictors standing nearby, and a slave holding Nero's guitar in case the emperor is moved to burst forth into song.

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