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Title
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Medea rüfft der Götter hülff an
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Description
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This engraving is difficult to make out, as it is purposefully drawn dark to symbolize that it is the middle of the night. This is also depicted through the moon and stars being drawn in the top right corner of the image. The woman illustrated in the engraving is Medea, the wife of Jason and daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis. She is depicted on her knees as she was praying to the goddess Hecate for help. She was praying for help because her husband Jason wished to prolong his father’s life. The goddess heard Medea and sent help by means of a chariot drawn by dragons. Medea uses the dragons to fly around the Earth for nine days and nine nights in order to find special herbs that will lengthen her father-in-law's life.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:22610
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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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Medea
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Jason
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King Aeetes
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology
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