The Oath of the Seven Chiefs against Thebes

c. 1800 Overall: 41.8 x 62 cm (16 7/16 x 24 7/16 in.) Source image
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Girodet found inspiration for this drawing in Aeschylus’s Greek tragedy Seven against Thebes. Dramatized with powerful physicality, seven warrior leaders from Argos raise weapons to the war deities Ares and Enyo at the far left as they immerse their hands in the blood of a sac...

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