Nictimene convertida en Buho por el incesto con su Padre Nicteo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Nictimene convertida en Buho por el incesto con su Padre Nicteo
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Lesbos; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts Nyctimene being transformed into an owl. She is mid-transformation in this engraving as her body is still human but her arms and face are turning into an owl. She was said to be transformed into an owl by the goddess Minerva as punishment for having an incestuous relationship with her father. Her father is illustrated in this image laying down and holding a sword towards his daughter.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24939
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Dn. Francisco Crivell y Adornados con Estampas finas por D. Jose Assensio [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian With Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell and Decorated with Fine Prints by D. Jose Assensio]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1805)
Image: mta_24939_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Transformation; Nyctimene; Minerva; Owls; Incest; Mythology