Apolo guarda los granados de Admeto en los campos de Mesene · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Apolo guarda los granados de Admeto en los campos de Mesene
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Thessaly; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the god Apollo (also known as Phoebus) dressed as a shepherd as he tends to his cattle and sheep. As he is the god of music, he is also depicted playing a fluted instrument. Apollo was exiled to earth for nine years by Jupiter and during that time he became a shepherd to Admetus, the king of Thessaly. This image represents his time as a shepherd on earth.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24941
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_24941_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Shepherds; Apollo; Phoebus; Exile; Gods; Mythology