Venus, irritada, transforma a Acmon y a sus companeros en aves aquaticas semejantes a Cisnes · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Venus, irritada, transforma a Acmon y a sus companeros en aves aquaticas semejantes a Cisnes
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts Acmon, a companion to the warrior Diomedes, being transformed into a swan-like bird. Acmon had said something that angered the goddess Venus, so she transformed Acmon and his companions into birds. This image depicts Acmon on a ship in a full suit of armour as he watches his companions transform.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25139
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_25139_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Acmon; Venus; Transformation; Mythology; Hubris