Orithyia wirdt von Borea geraubt · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Orithyia wirdt von Borea geraubt
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Attica; Athens; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the abduction of Orithyia by Borea, the god of wind. There is a face in the top right corner of the image blowing wind to symbolize that he is the god of wind. Borea is depicted at the top of the image floating in the sky as he grabs Orithyia by the waist. Orithyia is depicted trying to get away from Borea as her arms are in the air and she is looking away from him. Borea was taken with Orithyia and her beauty, and when she rejected his charming advances, he became aggressive and abducted her.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22607
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_22607_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Orithyia; Borea; Abduction; Greek Mythology; Mythology