Ociroe anuncia a su padre Quiron el destino del nino Esculapio · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ociroe anuncia a su padre Quiron el destino del nino Esculapio
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: The centaur named Chiron is illustrated on the left side of the image holding a young child named Aesculapius in his arm. Chiron had agreed to look after Aesculapius after his mother had gotten shot by the boy’s father, the god Apollo. Chiron is depicted standing in front of his daughter Ocyrhoë. Ocyrhoë makes a prophecy and she is explaining to her father that Aesculapius will grow up to have great healing powers.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24940
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Dn. Francisco Crivell y Adornados con Estampas finas por D. Jose Assensio [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian With Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell and Decorated with Fine Prints by D. Jose Assensio]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1805)
Image: mta_24940_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Ocyrhoë; Chiron; Aesculapius; Healing; Gods; Goddesses; Prophecies; Mythology