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Title
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Cippus uberkommt Horen
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Description
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This engraving illustrates a crowd of people surrounding a humble farmer named Cipus. Cipus is depicted in the centre of this crowd with his arm in the air and a sad look on his face. A man is illustrated in front of Cipus holding a crown over his head. Cipus was told by a seer that his fate was to become the king of Rome, but Cipus did not want the crown and thought he would be better off in exile. One reason that Cipus did not want to be king was because he had recently grown horns on his forehead. Cipus is holding his arm up in the engraving to stop the crown being put on his head and tells them that they must banish him. The city depicted in the background of the engraving is Rome.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:23354
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Source Name
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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]
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Image
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Subject
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Roman Republic
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Seers
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Roman Mythology
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Cipus
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