[Many Fables of the Eighth Book] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Many Fables of the Eighth Book]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: This image appears at the beginning of the eighth book in this volume. There are many elements in this image and they appear to depict some of the fables and characters in the eighth book. For example, the goddess of the hunt, Diana, is visible with her two dogs on the left side of the image. The goddess Minerva, dressed in her armour is visible also on the left side of the image. The minotaur of Crete (who is depicted more in the shape of a centaur in this image) is depicted in the centre.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25021
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 (1819)
Image: mta_25021_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Minotaurs; Gods; Goddesses; Mythology; Transformation