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Description: | CRE PENCZ, Georg; (German; fl 1500-1550) Queen Thomiris, or Thomyris rulled the Massagetae and Herodotus records that she defeated the Persians under Cyrus and had him beheaded and his head placed in a wineskin full of blood. Her image was popular as an example of fortitude along with such women as Judith or Jael, Biblical heroines. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | ANCIENT HISTORY : FORTITUDE : EXEMPLUM : BRAVE WOMAN : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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