Cassandra Priami Troianorum regis filia · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cassandra Priami Troianorum regis filia
Subject: Clytemnestra; Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; The Trojan War; Agamemnon; Greek Legend; Cassandra
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Asia Minor; Ancient Greece; Troy
Description: This engraving depicts Cassandra, the daughter of king Priam of Troy on the right side of the engraving being murdered. Clytemnestra is on the left side of the engraving ordering her servant to commit the murder. Boccaccio explains that Cassandra was brought to Mycenae after the Trojan War as king Agamemnon’s concubine. Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra did not like this, and ordered Cassandra to be killed. Cassandra is depicted with a rope around her neck with the man pulling on the rope. Clytemnestra is depicted with a pleased look on her face as she watches Cassandra die. The fallen city of Troy is depicted in the background of the engraving.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18153
Language: lat
Source Name: Iohannis Bocacij in librum de claris mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1487 Leuven; 1487 Leuven
Image: mta_18153_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Clytemnestra; Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; The Trojan War; Agamemnon; Greek Legend; Cassandra