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Goya turns the Roman Cronus into a terrifying image of power consumed by fear of succession.
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Goya turns the Roman Cronus into a terrifying image of power consumed by fear of succession. MythBranch includes this work as evidence of later reception: it shows how a mythic figure or episode was selected, reshaped and transmitted for a new audience.
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Francisco de Goya · public-domain reproduction via Wikimedia Commons
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