Do highway women on water count? Gráinne Mhaol kidnapped a nobleman’s son to demand that an extra place always be set at the castle's dinner table as a condition for his return. Because they were rude to her and she wanted them to be hospitable in the future. Weird flex, good moral.

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I remember seeing Birth of Venus at the Uffizi and thinking "Oh *THAT'S* what all the fuss is about ". Hits so differently in person. (And my answer to the arching thread question is Apollo and Daphne at the Borghese).