“Opis, The Sea Nymph (The Warrior Nereid)" Acrylic, Ink, Pastel, Antique Porcelain Clock Dial c.1890s (eye), Antique Sheet Music c.1909, Sea Urchin Spikes (shoulders), Starfish, Sandollars, on Canvas with Glossy Resin Glaze (shines like glass) 22x28x3" 
"Opis is mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid. She is called by the goddess Diana to avenge the death of the Amazon-like female warrior Camilla. Diana gives Opis magical weapons for revenge on Camilla's killer, the Etruscan Arruns. Opis sees and laments Camilla's death and shoots Arruns in revenge as directed by Diana." (-from Wikipedia) 

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