[Act XVIII – Elicia and Areusa Talking to Centurio] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act XVIII – Elicia and Areusa Talking to Centurio]
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Germany; Augsburg (Germany); Free Imperial City of Augsburg; Holy Roman Empire
Description: After Areusa gets information from Sosia about the encounters between Calisto and Melibea, she and Elicia pay Centurio a visit. He acts arrogantly at first, but Areusa pretends that she is still upset with him, causing him to become submissive. She then asks him to avenge the deaths of Pármeno, Sempronio, and Celestina by murdering Calisto. He agrees, but he immediately tries to find some way of escaping his duty. He decides to send Thraso and his companions to fulfill this promise.
Image Creator: Hans Weiditz (Illustrator);Marx Wirsung (Printer);Sigismund Grymm (Printer); Hans Weiditz (Illustrator); Marx Wirsung (Printer); Sigismund Grymm (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:20018
Source Name: Ain hipsche Tragedia von zwaien liebhabenden mentschen ainem Ritter Calixstus unn ainer Edlen junckfrawen Melibia genannt/ deren anfang müesam was/ das mittel sieß mit dem aller bittersten ir bayder sterben beschlossen.
Parent Collection: 1520 Augsbery Weiditz, Wirsung & Grymm (Coloured); 1520 Augsbery Weiditz, Wirsung & Grymm (Coloured)
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Collection: Celestina
Subject: Spanish romances; Elicia (Fictitious character); Areusa (Fictitious character); Centurio (Fictitious character); Deception; lies; Lying; Anger; Frustration; Revenge; Vengeance; Murder

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