Combate sangriento entre Centauros y Lapitas suscitado en las bodas de Pirito · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Combate sangriento entre Centauros y Lapitas suscitado en las bodas de Pirito
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Thessaly
Description: This engraving depicts the chaotic battle between centaurs and the Lapiths. The battle broke out due to one of the centaurs, Eurytus, stealing the bride of Pirithous, the king of the Lapiths. The centaurs were invited to the wedding ceremony, however, Eurytus betrayed Pirithous by being overtaken by Hippodame’s beauty and dragging her off. Hippodame is depicted in the centre of the image with her arms in the air as she pleads for help. Pirithous’ friend, Theseus, is illustrated on the left side of the image with a spear in his hands ready to stab the centaur and save Hippodame.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25119
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_25119_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Centauromachy; Lapiths; Centaurs; Mythology; Hippodame