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Title
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Myrrha wil sich selbs erhengen
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Description
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This engraving illustrates a young girl named Myrrha attempting to kill herself by hanging. She does this due to her sinful thoughts of lusting over her father. Myrrha understood that her thoughts were wrong, so she decided to kill herself to evade her incestuous feelings. Myrrha’s nurse came into the room as she heard moaning, and she cut her from the constricting rope when she saw Myrrha hanging. The nurse is also illustrated holding Myrrha on the ground after she cuts her free. The nurse comforts Myrrha and inquires as to why she tried to kill herself. Reluctantly, Myrrha eventually shares her incestuous thoughts with her loyal nurse, who had promised to help her.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:23196
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Source Name
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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]
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Image
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mta_23196_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Myrrha
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Incest
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Suicide
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology