person
Susanna (biblical)
Susanna
also: Сусанна
The virtuous heroine of the biblical (apocryphal) story of Susanna and the Elders, invoked as a byword for chastity.
Reading notes
- The Sinner from Toledo §52 Susanna
The virtuous heroine of the biblical (apocryphal) story of Susanna and the Elders, invoked as a byword for chastity, opposite the courtesan Nana.
- Artists' Wives §42 Susanna
Heroine of the biblical (apocryphal) story of Susanna and the Elders, spied on by lecherous judges while bathing; Butronza's grandiose plan to paint her by moonlight is what he is bullying Carolina into posing for.