Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene is an incident in the lives of Saint Sebastian and Saint Irene of Rome. It was not prominent in the hagiographical literature until the late Renaissance, and is hardly seen in art before then. As an artistic subject, normally in painting, it suddenly became popular from the 1610s, though found in predella scenes as early as the 15th century, and was most popular until about the 1670s. Though Sebastian is famously tied to a tree or post and shot with many arrows, in his story he had he
Trick arrows constructed specifically as props for both films and do not function as they are portrayed. A live-action variety of explosive arrow, kit-bashed from two M203 grenades, was used in the movie "Predator". The character Yeoman of the "Wild Cards" superhero anthology series also makes occasional use of exploding arrows. Bo and Luke Duke from "The Dukes of Hazzard" used arrows with dynamite tied to them because they were banned from having firearms after being caught moonshine running. Trick arrows were also featured in the book Mockingjay, the third book in the Hunger Games series, when both the heroine, Katniss Everdeen,