Ceres transforma a Lineo en Lince por que iba a quitar la vida a Triptolemo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ceres transforma a Lineo en Lince por que iba a quitar la vida a Triptolemo
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Scythia; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the goddess Ceres floating on a bed of clouds as she stops King Lyncus from killing the sleeping Triptolemus. Ceres is depicted holding grain in her arm as she is the goddess of agriculture and the harvest. She had commanded Triptolemus to use her chariot to scatter seeds across the land, and when he came to Lyncus’ kingdom to rest, King Lyncus betrayed Triptolemus and tried to kill him. Ceres stops this from happening and transforms Lyncus into a lynx for his punishment.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24974
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1809)
Image: mta_24974_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Lyncus; Transformation; Triptolemus; Ceres; Mythology