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Erotic helplessness : a study of the history of the Damsel in Distress theme in art

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@Madiosi and @Jollyrei : I am sorry, I did not realize any had children. Concerning the 5 image rule, I thought it could be superseded when all the images come from the same book / set of stories, as is the case here. As the rules say : "Exceptions: Illustrated stories which can contain up to 10 images per post but only one such post per thread per day and limit each pic to 400KB." Did I misunderstand ?
 
coldturkey said:
Exceptions: Illustrated stories which can contain up to 10 images per post but only one such post per thread per day and limit each pic to 400KB." Did I misunderstand ?
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We do have this exception. That said, the spirit of the rule is to spread out the posting of images as this helps control our bandwidth usage, and thus our costs. We understand keeping stories together, but if people can do this in sections of 5 images per day, even better. Carry on.
 
coldturkey said:
@Madiosi and @Jollyrei : I am sorry, I did not realize any had children. Concerning the 5 image rule, I thought it could be superseded when all the images come from the same book / set of stories, as is the case here. As the rules say : "Exceptions: Illustrated stories which can contain up to 10 images per post but only one such post per thread per day and limit each pic to 400KB." Did I misunderstand ?
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Clarification: The allowable 10 pic rule is intended to apply to CF members who wish to post illustrated stories of their own creation.
 
Two medievel depictions of the execution of Romilda of Friuli.
She ruled over the city of Friuli when the Avars laid siege to it, Romilda offered to surrender the city peacefully if the Avar King would marry her, the proposal was accepted.
The Avars however broke their promises. The city was sacked and Romilda was first raped by the Avar King and then his soldiers, afterwards she was impaled.

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She is one of only a few cases where female impalemant is depicted in medieval art and she is always shown completely nude.
 
A series of drawings from Antiquity.
1) Cleopatra trying poisons on some slaves, from a painting by Suzanne Daynes-Grassot
2) The same Cleopatra after having consumed the said poison
3) A female gladiator killed by a lion
4) Ursus rescuing Lygia from the bull
5) Nero's torches
FYI, I will be travelling over the next two weeks and so will be less present here. Enjoy yourselves in my absence !
 

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coldturkey said:
1) Cleopatra trying poisons on some slaves, from a painting by Suzanne Daynes-Grassot
2) The same Cleopatra after having consumed the said poison
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"She (Cleopatra VII, 69 to 30 BC) won for herself the two greatest Romans of her time (Julius Caesar, Mark Antony), and for the sake of the third (Octavian) she took her own life." - Cassius Dio, Roman History.
Octavian probably deliberately allowed Cleopatra to poison herself, after all she was under guard. Since she was found dead with two slaves, the usual version with a venomous snake is hardly an option: a single snake can't kill three people, no snakes were found with her, the snake venom works too slowly...
In any case, a dead Cleopatra was more useful to Octavian than a living queen of Egypt. After all, Octavian have Caesarion executed in the same year (30 BC), the common son of Cleopatra and Caesar. :(
 
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