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Marsyas being flayed by Apollo; Juno (Hera) and Jupiter (Zeus); the rape of Oreithyia by Boreas. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

Drunkenly gazing at the chin of his daughter, Lot moves amorously towards her. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1787, after A. de Gelder.

Lot and his daughters find rest and begin to drink; Lot stares into one of his daughters' eyes. Engraving after A. Diepenbeeck.

Lot, drunk, rests back into the arms of one of his daughters; the other one pours him more wine; in the background his wife watches Sodom burn. Engraving by W. Kent after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1630.

Amnon, son of David, simulates illness in order to attract his half sister Tamar, who is preparing a meal; in the corner a physician is examining a urine specimen. Line engraving after M. van Heemskerck.

The sexual victimization of children / by Mary de Young.

Lot and his daughters: one of the daughters carries a wine jug. Engraving by D. Cunego, 1771, after G. Reni.

Perspectives on rape and sexual assault / June Hopkins (editor).

Undertow : surviving the predatory psychiatrist : a memoir / by Trudy Seagraves.

Betrayal of innocence : incest and its devastation / Susan Forward and Craig Buck ; with an introduction by John Gordon.

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The sexual victimization of children / by Mary de Young.

Lot and his daughters: one of the daughters carries a wine jug. Engraving by D. Cunego, 1771, after G. Reni.

Perspectives on rape and sexual assault / June Hopkins (editor).

Undertow : surviving the predatory psychiatrist : a memoir / by Trudy Seagraves.

Betrayal of innocence : incest and its devastation / Susan Forward and Craig Buck ; with an introduction by John Gordon.