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Title: Scylla und Minos
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Attica; Megara
Description: This engraving illustrates King Minos of Crete waging war on the city of Megara. He is illustrated riding his horse with his soldiers behind him. In the top left corner of the engraving, there is a woman illustrated looking over the battles. This woman is Scylla, the daughter of King Nisus of Megara. Scylla falls in love with King Minos as she watches him from her city walls and ends up betraying her father and city as her love for King Minos over-powers her.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22828
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_22828_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Scylla; King Nisus; King Minos; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; War; Love