Classical Drapery

Melittion, 1882 by Frederic Lord Leighton, Auckland Art Gallery.

Although this figure is dressed in the classical style, a clear reference to a Greek character could not be found. In a play from 1818 by Austrian Franz Grillparzer called Sappho there is a character called Melitta, who vies with Sappho for the love of the young man Phaon.