Cadmus und Hermione in Drachen · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cadmus und Hermione in Drachen
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Thebes
Description: This image illustrates the king of Thebes, Cadmus, transformed into a snake. His wife Harmonia is depicted holding him as she wishes to be transformed into a snake as well in order to be with him. Harmonia’s lower half of her body is depicted mid-transformation. Cadmus was transformed into a snake as punishment for slaying a serpent after he founded the city of Thebes.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21683
Language: ger
Source Name: 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]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_21683_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Gods; Goddesses; Transformation; Serpents; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Cadmus; Harmonia