Rowena Morrill’s painting “Delicious prey” depicts a plot of the barbaric custom of sacrifice that is simply heartbreaking in its drama. The body of an extraordinarily beautiful girl is chained with heavy chains on a ledge of high rock. The poor thing, exhausted from thirst and sweltering heat, exhausted by the expectation of a terrible fate, is struggling to break free from the iron shackles, but the terrible tormentor has already arrived and carnivorous released huge claws.
Now he plunges them into a beautiful body, with his sharp teeth will tear the delicate skin and sprinkle hot scarlet blood on the stone. And there is practically no chance that a miracle will happen and the dragon will spare the girl, or the hero of ancient myths, Perseus, will come running and free the unfortunate.
