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.

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Voltaire, 1694-1778. Olympie

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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.