Scylla mudada en peligro de mar

Title

Scylla mudada en peligro de mar

Period

1550-1600;

Geographic

Italy

Sicily

Description

This image illustrates Scylla being transformed into a sea monster. Scylla was a beautiful young woman who had been sought out by many men. A sea-god by the name of Glaucus had been especially taken by her beauty. He had sought the help of Circe, a goddess skilled in herbs and potions, to help Scylla fall in love with him. Circe had become infatuated with Glaucus, and when he rejected her due to his affection for Scylla, Circe had become jealous, as Glaucus preferred Scylla over her. To exact revenge, Circe concocted juices and herbs to transform Scylla into a monster. The engraving illustrates many hounds surrounding Scylla, who are now a part of her body. Glaucus is visible in the background of the engraving, shocked at the transformation of Scylla.

Image Creator

Virgil Solis (Engraver)

Type

Text

Woodcut Engraving

Identifier

mta:11869

Language

spa

Source Name

Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española, repartidas en quinze libros, con las Allegorias al fin dellos, y sus figuras, para prouecho de los Artifices [The Transformations of Ovid in the Spanish language, distributed in fifteen books, with the allegories at the end of them and their figures, for the benefit of the creators]

Parent Collection

Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española. Woodcut engravings by Virgil Solis (1595)

Image

mta_11869_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Jealousy

Gods

Goddesses

Transformation

Roman Mythology

Greek Mythology