The young men and maidens of Athens to be offered as sacrificial victims to Minotaur

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Number:063655

Title:The young men and maidens of Athens to be offered as sacrificial victims to Minotaur

Artist: Peyron, Jean-François-Pierre (1744-1814)

Museum: Musée Fabre, Montpellier

Method: Gouache and ink on paper

Created: ca 1778

School: France

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Trend in art: Neoclassicism

Keywords: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Greek Mythology, Minotaur, Cretan mythology, Centaur, Minotauromachy, Theseus