Cippo predice al pueblo Romano tendria un Rey, y quitandose la corona, dice, vedle aqui · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cippo predice al pueblo Romano tendria un Rey, y quitandose la corona, dice, vedle aqui
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This image depicts Cipus, a Roman praetor, addressing a crowd of Roman citizens. Cipus was told by a prophecy that he could become the king of Rome. He did not want this responsibility, so he devised a plan to avoid becoming king. He told his fellow citizens that a man with horns on his head would become king and make slaves of them all. As depicted in the image, he reveals under a laurel wreath that he placed on his head that he has horns, and that he should be exiled. The people respected Cipus and gave him land to live off of in his exile.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25148
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_25148_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Cipus; Roman Republic; Mythology; Prophecies