Muerte de Hyppolito

Title

Muerte de Hyppolito

Period

1550-1600;

Geographic

Corinth

Ancient Greece

Isthmus

Description

This engraving illustrates the death of Hippolytus, the son of Theseus. Hippolytus is illustrated in his horse-drawn chariot, being over taken by massive waves from the ocean. There is a bull coming out of the waves on the left-hand side of the engraving, directly in front of the horses. Hippolytus is depicted falling out of the chariot as he loses control of the horses. This accident kills Hippolytus. His mangled body is illustrated in the foreground of the engraving as he is being healed by the god Aesculapius. Standing beside Aesculapius is the goddess Diana, depicted with her bows and arrows. Ovid explains that Diana helped Hippolytus find a new life and home after he was healed.

Image Creator

Virgil Solis (Engraver)

Type

Text

Woodcut Engraving

Identifier

mta:11897

Language

spa

Source Name

Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española, repartidas en quinze libros, con las Allegorias al fin dellos, y sus figuras, para prouecho de los Artifices [The Transformations of Ovid in the Spanish language, distributed in fifteen books, with the allegories at the end of them and their figures, for the benefit of the creators]

Parent Collection

Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española. Woodcut engravings by Virgil Solis (1595)

Image

mta_11897_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Greek Mythology

Gods

Goddesses

Hippolytus

Roman Mythology