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Title
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[Apollo and Neptune Help Build the Walls of Troy]
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Description
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This engraving illustrates the gods Apollo and Neptune in human form on the left-hand side of the engraving with tools in their hands. There are big stones at their feet as they help build the walls of the soon-to-be city, Troy. The trident of Neptune and the lyre of Apollo sit on the stones to indicate that they are in fact gods. There is a man illustrated on the right-hand corner facing the two gods. This is King Laomedon, who had promised Apollo and Neptune a sum of gold in return for their help to build the walls of Troy. King Laomedon, however, does not keep his word and fails to provide the gods with their payment. Upset by this, Neptune causes a great flood which destroys the country’s crops. To further the punishment, Neptune orders that King Laomedon’s daughter, Hesione, will be tied to a rock and fed to a sea-monster. Hesione is illustrated in the background of the engraving, tied to the rock whilst being rescued by Hercules.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:11688
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Source Name
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Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española, repartidas en quinze libros, con las Allegorias al fin dellos, y sus figuras, para prouecho de los Artifices [The Transformations of Ovid in the Spanish language, distributed in fifteen books, with the allegories at the end of them and their figures, for the benefit of the creators]
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Image
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Subject
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Apollo
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Neptune
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology
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Gods
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Hubris
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