Phoenician Traders kidnapping Maidens on the Coast of Greece (litho)

Phoenician Traders kidnapping Maidens on the Coast of Greece. Herodotus tells how, at a period considerably antecedent to the Trojan War, the Phoenicians made long trading voyages, their vessels laden with Egyptian and Assyrian wares. They did not always return with merely that which they had received by sale or barter, occasionally, when the merchandise had been sold and the ships were ready for departure, a raid was made upon the maidens, who were taken on board by force and sold as slaves in Egypt. Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson, c.1920). Note: Image has been digitally enhanced to facilitate repro.