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Title
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Yside der Künigin und Göttin in Egypten
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Description
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This engraving illustrates the story of Isis and Jupiter. Jupiter is depicted wearing a wreath on his head while he looks lovingly at Isis. Isis is illustrated with a sad expression on her face. Boccaccio explains that Jupiter transformed her into a cow and gave her as a gift to Juno in order to hide his crime of raping her. The god Mercury saved Isis by killing Argus, Isis’ 100 eyed guardian. Mercury is on the left side of the engraving piercing the body of Argus with his sword. Isis is visible in the background of the engraving on the left side sitting on a ship. She sailed to Egypt after being transformed back into her human form. The sail on the ship has a heifer emblem to signify her transformation into a cow.
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Image Creator
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Joerg Breu (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:18251
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Source Name
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Ein schöne Cronica oder Hystoribuch von den fürnämlichsten Weybern [A beautiful chronicle or history book of reputable women]
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Image
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mta_18251_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Isis
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Gods
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Goddesses
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Heifers
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Argus
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology