La hijas de Minias desprecian a Baco · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La hijas de Minias desprecian a Baco
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Boeotia
Description: This image appears in the introduction of this volume. It depicts the Minyads (also spelled as Minyades), the daughters of King Minyas, who are telling stories to one another. While festivities were being held in worship for the god Bacchus, the Minyads decided to stay home and not take part in the festivals and told stories instead. As punishment for the lack of worship, Bacchus turns them into bats. The sisters are depicted sitting around a table and looking at one another as they recount their stories.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24954
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 (1809)
Image: mta_24954_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Minyads; Minyades; Worship; Hubris; Mythology; Gods; Bacchus