Ceyx kompt durch einen Schiffbruch umb · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ceyx kompt durch einen Schiffbruch umb
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Thessaly; Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving illustrates a horrible storm that engulfed the ship of Ceyx and his crewmembers. Ceyx, the king of Thessaly, left his native land to seek out the Oracle at Claros. His wife, Alcyone, had begged him not to travel by sea as she knew there were dangers associated with naval travel. He went, despite her warnings, and found himself amidst a terrible storm. King Ceyx can be vaguely seen behind the figurehead at the bow of the ship. King Ceyx continued to call out the name of his wife as the ship was being destroyed. King Ceyx and Alcyone are illustrated at the top-right hand corner of the engraving in clouds in an embrace. Ceyx dies in this shipwreck.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:23214
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_23214_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Ceyx; Alcyone; Shipwreck; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology

Media: mta_23214_OBJ.jpg