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Title
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Esaco conuertido en somorgujar
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Description
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This engraving illustrates Aesacus, a son of King Priam of Troy, chasing a nymph named Hesperie. Aesacus fell madly in love with Hesperie and often pursued her. During one of his pursuits of the nymph, Hesperie fell prey to a snake hiding in tall grass. The bite from the snake was fatal and killed her. The illustration shows Hesperie on the ground with the snake by her ankles, and Aesacus running after her. Aesacus blamed himself for her death, so he threw himself from a cliff, which is depicted in the background of the engraving. The sea-goddess, Thetis, pitied Aesacus and transformed him into a loon just before he hit the water. Thetis is visible in the water in the background of the engraving with her hands pointing up towards Aesacus as he falls.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:11849
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Source Name
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Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española, repartidas en quinze libros, con las Allegorias al fin dellos, y sus figuras, para prouecho de los Artifices [The Transformations of Ovid in the Spanish language, distributed in fifteen books, with the allegories at the end of them and their figures, for the benefit of the creators]
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Image
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Subject
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Death
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology
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Gods
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Transformation
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Infatuation
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