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Sara by Danaid
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Sara by Danaid
Standing in front of Danaid, my favorite sculpture. This moment was one of the reason's I dreamed of going to Paris.
The Danaids were the fifty daughters of King Danaos of Argos, who was in conflict with his brother Aegyptos, father of fifty sons. The fifty sons went to Argos to propose marriage to the Danaids as a conciliatory gesture towards Danaos, who continued to resent his brother. Danaos ordered his daughters to murder their bridegrooms on their wedding night, and all but one complied. As a result of their crimes, the Danaids were sentenced to the underworld where their unending penance was to fill pierced jugs with water. Rodin represented Danaid in tearful frustration, as water streams from her broken vessel. The shape of her body mimics that of the rock.
KarinM 11/24/2006 | 

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