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Pandora

Pandora. Pandora (the all-gifted') was the first mortal woman according to the Greek poet Hesiod. She was sent by Zeus as a gift to Epithemus. She brought a box (a jar in Hesiod's original version) which, when opened, released all the world's evils. Only Hope remained. After a Victorian painting

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America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of Her Illustrious Sons... c. 1785

America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of her Illustrious Sons (Furnishing Fabric), England, c. 1785. George Washington (after a painting by John Trumbull), accompanied by Victory, looks on as the kneeling figure of America presents Liberty with portrait medallions of individuals who played important roles in the American Revolution. After etchings by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere

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Discovery of the Plot to Kill Caesar and Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

Discovery of the Plot to Kill Caesar and Cleopatra, from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, Flanders, c. 1680. Woven at the workshop of Gerard Peemans, after a design by Justus van Egmont

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