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Title
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Palas manda a la Envidia q.e infunda celos a Aglaura de su hermana Herse
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Description
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This image depicts Minerva hovering over the clouds as she approaches the home of Envy. Minerva is depicted with her spear and helmet and with an owl on her head. These items are common iconography linked to the goddess. Envy is depicted with snakes in her hair, in her hands, and by her feet as she looks up to Minerva. Minerva is seeking the help of Envy to make a woman named Aglauros jealous of her sister Herse. Aglauros is a woman from Athens who had betrayed Minverva in the past and has now made a pact with the god Mercury in order to receive riches from him. The greed and betrayal of Aglauros angers Minerva, and this is why she seeks Envy’s help to poison her.
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Image Creator
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D. José Assensio (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:24942
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Source Name
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Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Dn. Francisco Crivell y Adornados con Estampas finas por D. Jose Assensio [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian With Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell and Decorated with Fine Prints by D. Jose Assensio]
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Image
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Subject
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Minerva
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Herse
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Aglauros
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Envy
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Goddesses
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Mythology
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Mercury
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