Meleagro presenta a Atalanta la cabeza del Javali de Calidonia

Title

Meleagro presenta a Atalanta la cabeza del Javali de Calidonia

Period

1800-1850;

Geographic

Sicily

Italy

Description

Meleager is depicted on the right side of the image holding the severed head of the boar he had just slain. The boar was sent by the goddess Diana to terrorize the city of Sicily as revenge for not being honoured in sacrifice by the citizens. Meleager is a local hero who was tasked, along with other heroes, to slay the boar. Atlanta, a famous huntress was also one of the people tasked with killing the boar, and although she did not kill it, she did hit its ear with an arrow. For her efforts, Meleager decides to share the honour and credit with Atlanta by giving her the severed head of the boar. Atalanta is depicted on the left side of the image looking at Meleager as he presents her the head.

Image Creator

D. José Assensio (Engraver)

Type

Text

Engraving

Identifier

mta:25025

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_25025_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Meleager

Atalanta

Boars

Diana

Gods

Goddesses

Mythology