Polyphemus frißt die Verwanthen Ulyssis · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Polyphemus frißt die Verwanthen Ulyssis
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Aetna; Sicily; Italy
Description: This engraving illustrates the cyclops, Polyphemus, eating the companions and comrades of Ulysses after he had sailed away from the rocks of Aetna. This story is being told by Achaemenides, who had been accidentally left behind on the rocks after Ulysses had sailed away. Polyphemus was in a rage due to Ulysses sailing away before he could kill him. Polyphemus is depicted with limbs in his hands as he devours them. There are dead bodies surrounding him on the rocks.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:23333
Language: ger
Source Name: 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]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_23333_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Cyclops; Polyphemus; Ulysses; Achaemenides; Greek Mythology; Roman Mythology