Tetis oye a Proteo que la pronostica tendra un hijo mas poderoso que su Padre · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Tetis oye a Proteo que la pronostica tendra un hijo mas poderoso que su Padre
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Thessaly; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the shape-shifter Thetis speaking to the sea-God Proteus. Proteus is on the right side of the image with the upper-half of his body resembling a man and the lower-half resembling a fish. Proteus is telling Thetis that she is destined to have a son that will be more powerful than his father. Jupiter was infatuated with Thetis, but when he heard of this prophecy, he knew that he had to back away so that he did not produce a son that would be more powerful than himself.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25111
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_25111_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Proteus; Thetis; Prophecies; Jupiter; Mythology; Gods