Picture No | 10082073 |
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Description | Muses and Magpies |
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The Muses are challenged by the nine daughters of Pieros to a singing contest ; but the talentless females are sadly out-sung and are turned into magpies for their presumption
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Source | engraving by J Matheus in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 137 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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