A donde huyes, hermosa Aretusa, exlama entonces Alfeo, a donde huyes? · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: A donde huyes, hermosa Aretusa, exlama entonces Alfeo, a donde huyes?
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Sicily; Italy
Description: This image depicts the nymph Arethusa running away from her pursuer, Alpheus. Arethusa was one day bathing naked in a river when the river god Alpheus had called out to her and declared his love for her. Arethusa panicked and ran away as fast as she could with Alpheus chasing after her. They ran over vast distances when Arethusa began to slow down due to fatigue. She called out to the goddess Diana for protection. Diana was moved by Arethusa and granted her safety by producing a cloud of mist which made Arethusa invisible to Alpheus.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24973
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_24973_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Arethusa; Alpheus; Diana; Nymphs; Gods; Goddesses; Mythology