Ulyssis Verwandten in Schwein

Title

Ulyssis Verwandten in Schwein

Period

1550-1600;

Geographic

Aeaea

Mediterranean

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Description

This engraving illustrates the companions of Ulysses being transformed into pigs. The companions of Ulysses had been welcomed into Circe’s courts until they realized that Circe had put a potion in their drinking vessels which turned them all into hogs. There is one man who is being touched on the head with Circe’s magic wand, and his head is already mid-transformation. There is one man in the engraving, Eurylochus, who is not transforming, as he did not drink anything. He was able to run back to Ulysses to explain what Circe had done.

Image Creator

Virgil Solis (Engraver)

Type

Text

Woodcut Engraving

Identifier

mta:23336

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_23336_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Transformation

Roman Mythology

Greek Mythology

Ulysses

Circe