Pallas und ire Schwestern kommen zum Berg Helicon · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Pallas und ire Schwestern kommen zum Berg Helicon
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Mount Helicon; Thebes
Description: This image illustrates the virgin goddess Minerva (also known as Pallas) on the right side of the engraving with a spear in her hand and fully equipped in her armour. She stands in front of a group of virgin muses on Mount Helicon who welcome Minerva graciously as they play their instruments. The Muses recount different stories to Minerva who listens intently. One story that The Muses speak of involves nine sisters who were transformed into magpies, which are illustrated at the top of the engraving in the sky.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21764
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_21764_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Gods; Goddesses; Pallas; Minerva; Muses; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology