Zerstörung Troie

Title

Zerstörung Troie

Period

1550-1600;

Geographic

Ancient Greece

Troy

Asia Minor

Description

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.

Image Creator

Virgil Solis (Engraver)

Type

Text

Woodcut Engraving

Identifier

mta:23231

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_23231_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Trojan War

Greeks

Trojans

Hecuba

Cassandra

King Priam

Greek Mythology