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Erigone (Greek mythology)

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  • Erigone, ensnared by Dionysus, reaching for grapes on a vine. Lithograph by B.-R. Julien, 1835, after L. Poyet.
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    Erigone plucks at grapes supplied by cupids. Engraving by P.C. Levesque after J.B. Deshays.

    Deshays, Jean Baptiste, 1729-1765. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 2853736i
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    Bacchus squeezes grapes into a dish in order to inebriate and rape Erigone. Etching, 17--.

    | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 2853717i
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    Erigone, ensnared by Dionysus, reaching for grapes on a vine. Lithograph by B.-R. Julien, 1835, after L. Poyet.

    Poyet, Léonard, 1798-1873. | Date: 1835 | Reference: 672968i
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