The Classical Story of Jupiter & Danae, or "How to Win a Woman" #[nn]
A man’s increasingly elaborate attempts to win a woman’s affection take a mythic turn in "The Classical Story of Jupiter & Danae, or 'How to Win a Woman'," a 1883 comic illustrated in full by Cassius M. Coolidge, whose distinctive style brings the tale’s playful, layered courtship to life. The story unfolds with a mix of charm and absurdity, as the suitor’s tactics escalate from heartfelt gestures to a literal shower of gold—each step rendered in Coolidge’s signature detail, both in the interior art and on the cover, which he also fully executed.
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A man tries to win a woman with love, then by attempting to elicit pity, then by dumping gold in her lap, the latter of which finally works.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).