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title: A Christian Dirce
author: Franciszek Stolot
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/731/a-christian-dirce/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# A Christian Dirce
_Authored by Franciszek Stolot_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/731.jpg)
## Image Caption
Painting from 1897 by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843–1902), depicting [Nero](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nero/) watching how a captive Christian woman is killed in a re-enactment of the [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) myth of Dirce.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Stolot, F. (2012, June 29). A Christian Dirce. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Stolot, Franciszek. "A Christian Dirce." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 29, 2012. .
### MLA
Stolot, Franciszek. "A Christian Dirce." *World History Encyclopedia*, 29 Jun 2012, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dirce.jpg) by [**Franciszek Stolot**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dirce.jpg). Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 29 June 2012. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.