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1790-94 Marble Ickworth, Suffolk The marble group depicts the dramatic moment when Athamas, King of Thebes, snatches his son Learchus from his mother and smashes him against a wall. The fact that Ino, his second wife, thirsted for the blood of his children by her first wife had driven him mad. Author: FLAXMAN, John Title: The Fury of Athamas Form: sculpture , 1751-1800 , English , mythological |
