Schlacht der Griechen und Troianer · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Schlacht der Griechen und Troianer
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Troy; Asia Minor; Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving illustrates the pure chaos of the first battle between the Greeks and the Trojans. This battle signifies the beginning of the Trojan war, as it is the first encounter the two armies have with one another. Protesilaus is the first Greek to step onto the shores of Troy, as well as the first to die. He is most likely one of the men in the forefront of the engraving who are depicted to have been slain.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:23221
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_23221_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Trojan War; Trojans; Greeks; Protesilaus; War; Greek Mythology