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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2643111, member: 5833"]Persephone is grabbed while out picking flowers with some of her maidens. The flowers on her person & the girls in the background indicate just which rape this is.</p><p><br /></p><p>OP is a bit more like the Sabine episode, except it's so private. The attempted abduction of the Sabine women involves 2 groups of men fighting over the women.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]272538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]272539[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The wall & dome in the background suggest a Middle East setting. Can anyone think of a Biblical story that would fit? Thousand and One Nights? Don't think it is a copy of anything pre-1900; otherwise the lady's scarf would not have draped in a way leaving her so exposed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2643111, member: 5833"]Persephone is grabbed while out picking flowers with some of her maidens. The flowers on her person & the girls in the background indicate just which rape this is. OP is a bit more like the Sabine episode, except it's so private. The attempted abduction of the Sabine women involves 2 groups of men fighting over the women. [ATTACH=full]272538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]272539[/ATTACH] The wall & dome in the background suggest a Middle East setting. Can anyone think of a Biblical story that would fit? Thousand and One Nights? Don't think it is a copy of anything pre-1900; otherwise the lady's scarf would not have draped in a way leaving her so exposed.[/QUOTE]
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