Ceix, que va a consultar el oraculo de Apolo, se despide de Alcione · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ceix, que va a consultar el oraculo de Apolo, se despide de Alcione
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Trachin; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts King Ceyx boarding a ship as he says goodbye to his wife Alcyone. Alcyone is depicted on the right side of the image falling into the arms of her female companions as she weeps in grief as she will miss her husband. Ceyx is covering his eyes as he is sad to leave his wife behind. Ceyx is on his way to consult the oracle at Delphi.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25112
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 (1819)
Image: mta_25112_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Ceyx; Alcyone; Oracle; Mythology; Gods