In my examination of the role of Mary I have come across a
> very
> interesting image of the Virgin exposing her breast to her Son on the
> Day of
> Judgement in an effort to convince him to have mercy upon humanity.
> This act
> of Christ's mother works and his anger abates. This image was known
> on the
> continent as Arnold Of Bonneval was one of the first to use it in the
>
> twelfth century. Interestingly, however, it has a Pagan origin, being
> found
> in the'Iliad' where Hecuba displays her breast to her son, Hector in
> an
> effort to persuade him not to fight Achilles. It also appears in a
> similar
> fashion in the hero tales of Gaelic Ireland. I am wondering whether
> you can
> provide me with any more information as to its appearance in the art
> and/or
> literature of medieval Europe. Thanking you, Salvador Ryan.
Did Volumnia expose her breast to Coriolanus? I don't believe the
detail is in Shakespeare, but is it in Plutarch?
Oriens.
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