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| Lovis Corinth Man Reading 1882 drawing Kunsthalle Mannheim |
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| Lovis Corinth Portrait of Frau Rosenhagen 1899 oil on canvas Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
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| Lovis Corinth Portrait of artist Charlotte Berend 1902 oil on canvas (Berend and Corinth married in 1903) Landesmuseum, Hannover |
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| Lovis Corinth Woman with Corsage ca. 1904 pastel on paper Leopold Museum, Vienna |
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| Lovis Corinth The Three Graces 1904 oil on canvas Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg |
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| Lovis Corinth Terrasse in Klobenstein Tyrol 1910 oil on canvas Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Lovis Corinth Portrait Study of a Man ca. 1910-12 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Lovis Corinth Illustration to Song of Songs 1911 lithograph High Museum of Art, Atlanta |
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| Lovis Corinth Carl Hagenbeck in his Zoo with Pallas the Walrus 1911 oil on canvas Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Lovis Corinth Bouquet with Chinese Figurine 1916 oil on canvas Kunsthalle Mannheim |
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| Lovis Corinth Still Life with Ham 1917 oil on canvas Kunsthalle Mannheim |
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| Lovis Corinth Woman with Wine Glass 1918 oil on canvas Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal |
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| Lovis Corinth Self Portrait 1918 oil on canvas Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne |
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| Lovis Corinth October in Walchensee 1919 oil on panel Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe |
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| Lovis Corinth Susanna and the Elders 1923 oil on canvas Landesmuseum, Hannover |
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| Lovis Corinth Portrait of Herbert Eulenberg 1924 oil on canvas Belvedere Museum, Vienna |
Chorus of the daughters of Danaus:
Think, and become wholeheartedly
our pious sponsor:
do not betray the fugitive
who comes from afar, set in motion
by an impious expulsion,
and do not look on while I am seized as plunder
from this abode of so many gods,
you who hold all power in this land!
Recognize the men's outrageous behaviour,
and guard against wrath.
Do not tolerate seeing the suppliant
dragged away from the divine images, in defiance of justice,
by the headband, like a horse,
and grabbed by my richly woven robes.
Know this: whichever decision you make
will hereafter affect your children and your house: matching justice
must be paid in full.
Ponder that. Justice prevails by the will of Zeus.
Pelasgus: I have indeed pondered, and this is where my thoughts have run aground. There is absolutely no way to avoid provoking a great war, either against these or against those. The ship has been bolted together, and only restraining cables, one might say, are keeping it at the shore;* nowhere is there an outcome free from pain. Even goods taken from a ransacked house can eventually be replaced, by the grace of Zeus god of possessions, by other goods in excess of what was lost, and he can replenish its stores; and a tongue that has loosed off words that are out of season – painful darts that stir anger – well, speech can soothe the hurt speech has caused. But to ensure that kindred blood shall not be spilt, one should make ample offerings, and many victims should fall in sacrifice to many gods to avert such a scourge. I declare I have completely stepped aside from this dispute; I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable about these troubles. May all be well – but that is not my expectation.
– Aeschylus, from Suppliants (ca. 470-460 BC), translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (2008)
*The ship represents Pelasgus' decision, and its launching, now imminent, represents the moment when that decision will become irrevocable and its consequences unavoidable. The construction of the hull is now complete, but the vessel is still attached by cables to a windlass on shore: once the cables are let go, the ship will be waterborne.