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Title
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Zerstörung Troie
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Description
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After a ten-year war, the city of Troy is destroyed by the Greeks. There are Greek ships illustrated on the water to signify them sailing towards home once the sacking of the city is complete. The focus of the engraving is the chaos of the Greeks destroying the city before they leave. There are women being taken, one of them being Cassandra, the daughter of King Priam and the head priestess of the temple of Apollo (which is illustrated in the background of the engraving). The other woman being taken is Hecuba, the wife of King Priam and mother to Cassandra.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:23231
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Source Name
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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]
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Image
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mta_23231_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Trojan War
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Greeks
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Trojans
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Hecuba
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Cassandra
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King Priam
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Greek Mythology