Saturday, October 24, 2009

Question - 354



To end the weekend.

Painting shows succumbing to the temptations of what?

Answer: Absinthe, also known as the Green Fairy.

Answered by: Hari, Srivats, Dinky, Iam, K, Amru, Ashwin
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9 comments:

Srivats said...

the green fairy Absinthe

October 24, 2009 at 6:14 AM
K said...

Absinthe or the 'green fairy'. The painting is Albert Maignan's 'The Green Muse' (1895).

October 24, 2009 at 6:47 AM
Iam said...

The Green Fairy / Absinthe

October 24, 2009 at 7:17 AM
Raghu said...

succubus -> succumb?

October 24, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Ashwin said...

Absinthe -- also popularly called the green fairy after the painting "The green muse".

October 24, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Unknown said...

sexual desires? The figure might indicate that the guy is ultimately killed by some sexually transmitted disease like gonorrhea or syphillis (in the pre-AIDS days)

October 24, 2009 at 3:52 PM
dinky said...

la fée verte

October 24, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Amru said...

The Green Fairy - Absinthe

October 25, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Hari said...

"Green Muse" - Poet succumbing to absynthe

October 26, 2009 at 6:27 AM

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