Las Bacantes de Tracia que mataron a Orfeo son transformadas en arboles · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Las Bacantes de Tracia que mataron a Orfeo son transformadas en arboles
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Mount Rhodope; Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving illustrates the horrific death of Orpheus. Orpheus is sitting in the forest with his lyre in his hand. Orpheus is being approached by the Maenads, a frenzied group of women who worship the god Bacchus. They first attack the animals that surround Orpheus and tear them to pieces. Then they attack Orpheus by throwing stones and spears at him. Just like the animals, the Maenads end up tearing Orpheus to pieces.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25103
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_25103_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Orpheus; Maenads; Bacchantes; Mythology