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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Collar of Arsinoe

(4 syl.) or Collar of Alphesibea, given by her to her husband Alcmeon, was a fatal gift; so was the collar and veil of Eriphyle, wife of Amphiaraos. (See Fatal Gifts)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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