Aurora and Cephalus
Cleveland Museum of Art

Aurora and Cephalus

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824) · c.1810

oil on canvas
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This myth subverts typical gender dynamics: usually a man captures a woman, but in this story the trope reversed.

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