artist-daumier:Menelas the Victor, Honore DaumierMedium: lithographywww.wikiart.org/en/honor
artist-daumier:Menelas the Victor, Honore DaumierMedium: lithographyhttps://www.wikiart.org/en/honore-daumier/menelas-the-victorTranslation of the caption underneath the cartoon:(I can’t really do it justice because it rhymes :/ ah well, them’s the breaks and I’m not Robert Fagles. Apparently the caption is taken from Eugène Bareste’s French translation of the Iliad but I couldn’t find it.)“On the smoulderingbattlements of magnificent Troy/ Menelaus,son of the gods, like a rich prey/ Stealsblonde Helen away to his court/ Morebeautiful than ever in modesty and love”(French: Sur lesremparts fumants de la superbe Troie/ Ménélasfils des Dieux, comme une riche proie/,Ravitsa blonde Hélène et l’emmène à sa cour/ Plusbelle que jamais de pudeur et d’amour) -- source link
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