Painting of the French painter Jean Honore Fragonard “The Priest Korese sacrifices himself for the sake of Kalliroi.” The size of the picture is 309 x 400 cm, canvas, oil. Another name for the picture is “The Priest Korese sacrifices himself to save Calliroy”. In 1765, Fragonard presents in the Salon a historical painting on the plot of Pausanias “The Priest Korese sacrifices himself for the sake of Kalliroi.”
Among the academic works, according to the testimony of contemporaries, it is distinguished by the emotionality of the color, the subtle black-and-white gradations, and the dynamic smear. According to the most famous of the myths of Kallieroy, Korese and the holy spring, Kalliroya was a young maiden from Kalidon, in whom the priest of the god Bacchus Korese fell in love. In revenge for her indifference to the loving God made half of all the inhabitants of Kalidon mad.
The oracle promised deliverance if Kalliroya was sacrificed to Bacchus. Priest Kores, however, not wanting to kill the girl, killed himself, and Kalliroya deprived herself of life at the source, which later received its name on her behalf. There is another picture of the artist based on this ancient Greek myth “Chrysaor and Kalliroya.”
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