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Iconclass-luokkakäsite: when Cinyras discovers the incest, he attempts to kill his daughter
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Iconclass-tunnus | 95 B (MYRRHA) 21 3 |
laajempi käsite | Myrrha (Smyrna) falls in love with her father Cinyras as punishment for refusing to honour Venus |
liittyy | Myrrha changed into a myrtle-tree: when fleeing from her father's wrath, Myrrha is changed into a myrtle-tree (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 489), death of Cinyras: Cinyras kills himself when he realizes that he has committed incest with his daughter Myrrha |
nimi | when Cinyras discovers the incest, he attempts to kill his daughter |