Myrrha

Canto XXX

Myrrha

In the third panel, the imagery echoes the tale of Myrrha, who assumed another identity and engaged in an incestuous relationship with her father. Here, the female figure takes on the roles of both Lady Justice and Lady Liberty, with money spilling from the unbalanced scales of justice. Embroidered along the border of this tapestry is a poignant excerpt from Emma Lazarus's poem “The New Colossus," a renowned verse that symbolically invites the oppressed masses into the land of freedom.