Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy, wearing a Greek strophium (bra) and mask, and a daughter of Niobe.

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Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy, wearing a Greek strophium (bra) and mask, and a daughter of Niobe. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

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