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Title
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Picus in einen Vogel
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Description
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This engraving illustrates Picus, the King of Latium, chasing after a boar during a hunt. While on his hunt, the goddess Circe had caught sight of Picus and fell in love with him. He had been riding on his horse (illustrated in the background with his companions) and she could not catch up to him. Circe had conjured up an illusion of a pig which ran into the woods and it resulted in Picus getting off his horse to chase after it. The boar is pictured on the left side of the engraving running into the trees. Circe is depicted with her arms around Picus as she confesses her love to him. Unfortunately for Circe, Picus was in love with a nymph named Canens and rejected her advances. She ends up transforming Picus into a woodpecker and turns his companions into animals.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:23337
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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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Circe
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Transformation
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Gods
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Goddesses
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology
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Picus
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