Apollo erwürget ein Schlang · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Apollo erwürget ein Schlang
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: This image illustrates the archer god, Apollo (also referred to as Phoebus), in the foreground of the image holding his quiver in his right hand and his bow in his left hand. Apollo has a face riddled with pride, as he had just slayed the great snake that lays beside him. His arrow is shown in the neck of the serpent. This serpent was created from the new mud of the earth, and when Phoebus slayed the python, the Pythian games were then created to honour this glorious kill done by the god.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:20953
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_20953_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Serpents; Pythian Games; Greek Mythology; Roman Mythology; Apollo; Phoebus; Gods