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:
- 1700-1799
- Reference:
- 42979i
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: 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. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.
