Die Schlang wirt von Cadmo umbgebracht · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Die Schlang wirt von Cadmo umbgebracht
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Thebes
Description: This image depicts Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, on the right side of the engraving with a long spear grasped within his hands. Cadmus is thrusting the spear into the mouth of the serpent to slay it. The serpent belonged to the god Mars. Cadmus kills the serpent for revenge because the beast had killed his companions.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21171
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_21171_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Gods; Mars; Serpents; Roman Mythology; Cadmus