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.

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