Fineo entra en la sala del banquete con el dardo en la mano dirigiendo la palabra a Perseo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Fineo entra en la sala del banquete con el dardo en la mano dirigiendo la palabra a Perseo
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ethiopia; North Africa; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the wedding banquet of Andromeda and Perseus. The figures at the table from left to right are Perseus, King Cepheus (Andromeda’s father), and Andromeda. There are other soldiers and companions depicted standing behind them. Phineus, the brother of King Cephus had interrupted the banquet to announce that Perseus had stolen Andromeda from him. Phineus is illustrated on the right side of the image as he throws a spear at Perseus. This causes an uproar, and a battle breaks out at the banquet. Perseus ends up using the decapitated head of Medusa to beat Phineus.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24967
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_24967_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Phineus; King Cephus; Andromeda; Perseus; Marriage; Mythology