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Old 21-04-2008, 06:31 PM
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... and mythology

Here's one for the mythologists and archaeologists and amongst you!
What's going on here?


I know about the myth of Apollo and Coronis but can't fit this picture into it. The lyreist (what do you call a person playing a lyre?) seems to be offering an oblation of blood to the crow?
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