Treurs game and comedy, Noah van der Meer (II), 1751 - 1822 print To the left of a theater floor is Melpomene, the muse of the mourning game. On the right is Thalia, the muse of the comedy. In the foreground the left man hits his hand in front of his face, the right man laughs and points. Between them the Lier, the attribute of Apollo. Leiden paper etching Heraclitus, the weeping philosopher, and Democritus, the laughing philosopher. Melpomene (one of the Muses); 'Melpomene' (Ripa). Thalia (one of the Muses); 'Talia' (Ripa). lyre, cithara, psaltery

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