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An episode in the play Olimpie by Voltaire: Olympia throws herself on the fire out of her love for Cassander, the murderer of her father Alexander the Great. Etching by Walker after H. Gravelot.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 42979i
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The wife of Hasdrubal the Boetharch, seeing the defeat of Carthage by the Romans, throws herself and her children into a blazing temple in front of distressed onlookers. Engraving by P. Woeiriot.
Reference: 42981i