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Title: Jupiter und Io
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Tempe; Ancient Greece
Description: Jupiter is illustrated on the left side of this engraving. He is depicted wearing a crown to signify that he is the king of the gods. The woman that he is chasing is Io, daughter of the river god Inachus. Io was walking through the woods trying to find her way home when Jupiter approached her. When Io declined Jupiter’s approaches, Jupiter created a foggy mist to veil her vision, which is illustrated above Io in the engraving. When Jupiter finally caught up to Io, he raped her.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:20956
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_20956_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Gods; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Io; Jupiter; Inachus; Rape