Semiramis. Legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Ninus, Assyrian king. The mother Derketo abandoned her at birth and doves fed the child until Simmas, the royal shepherd, found her. Scene from her childhood. Drawing by Casanovas. Chromolithography. La Civilizacion (The Civilization), volume I, 1881.

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