Roma aflixida de la peste, envia a Delfos a consultar el Oraculo de Apolo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Roma aflixida de la peste, envia a Delfos a consultar el Oraculo de Apolo
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Delphi; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome
Description: This image depicts a group of Roman citizens at the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. The city of Rome could not keep up with the amount of deaths happening due to the plague, so they sought the help of the oracle at Delphi. Three is a large statue of Apollo in the background of the engraving with only the lower half of his body visible and a lyre by his legs. There are two priests with wreaths on their heads as they pour libations into the fire on the altar that is in the centre of the image. The roman citizens are surrounding the altar.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25149
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_25149_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Plague; Oracle; Prophecies; Gods; Apollo; Mythology