Biblis, buscando a su hermano, es transformada en fuente · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Biblis, buscando a su hermano, es transformada en fuente
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Caria; Anatolia; Modern-day Turkey; Ancient Greece
Description: After Byblis confessed her incestuous love for her twin brother Caunus, he fled the country to escape her advances on him. She became so upset by his rejection that she traveled distant lands looking for him. As illustrated in the engraving, there were Lelegeian nymphs who had attempted to comfort Byblis and heal her broken heart. Overcome by grief, there was no end to Byblis’ tears. Her tears were so plentiful that they created a spring. The nymphs ended up transforming Byblis into a fountain to keep the spring flowing, and to help heal the broken-hearted Byblis.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25038
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_25038_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Byblis; Caunus; Nymphs; Transformation; Mythology