Leucotoe, prendada de la hermosara de Apolo, se dexa vencer sin resistencia · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Leucotoe, prendada de la hermosara de Apolo, se dexa vencer sin resistencia
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Persia; Mesopotamia; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts Apollo having sexual relations with Leucothoë, the daughter of a Persian king. The goddess Venus had cursed Apollo to fall madly in love with Leucothoë as a punishment for humiliating her. Apollo had disguised himself as Leucothoë’s mother and commanded the slaves to leave the room. Once the god was alone with Leucothoë, he showed her his true godly form, and proceeded to have sex with her. Leucothoë is depicted laying on a bed with Apollo approaching her.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24960
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 (1809)
Image: mta_24960_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Apollo; Leucothoë; Venus; Gods; Goddesses; Mythology