Apolo concede a la Sybila tantos anos de vida como arenas tiene en sus manos · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Apolo concede a la Sybila tantos anos de vida como arenas tiene en sus manos
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Cumae; Italy; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the god Apollo offering the Sybil of Cumae eternal life in exchange for her virginity. The Sybil had picked up a pile of sand in her hand and wished for as many years of life as there were grains of sand in her hand. She forgot, however, to ask for the appearance of her youth to accompany the many years of life she was requesting. She is depicted holding her hand out to Apollo in this image. Apollo is depicted floating on a bed of clouds with his lyre.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25134
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_25134_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Sybil of Cumae; Apollo; Mythology; Gods