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Title
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Die Thyrrenische Schiffleut in Delphin
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Description
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This engraving illustrates Bacchus punishing a ship of men due to their disrespect towards him. Actoetes is recounting this story to Pentheus, the prince of Thebes, who is being disrespectful towards Bacchus. Actoetes tells him this story to prove to him that Bacchus is entitled to being worshipped just as any other god. The story involves Actoetes and his sailor companions on a ship being turned into dolphins by Bacchus, who is depicted standing upright on the ship with a laurel wreath on his head. The sailors were unaware that they were in the presence of Bacchus, as he was disguised as a young boy until he finally revealed himself after all the disrespect he received. The only person he did not punish on the ship was Actoetes. The men are depicted falling off the ship as they transform into dolphins.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:21318
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Source Name
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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]
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Image
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Subject
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Gods
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Bacchus
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Transformation
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Worship
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Greek Mythology
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Roman Mythology
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Actoetes
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Pentheus
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Hubris
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