Juno manda a las Furias que vayan al Palacio de Atamante · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Juno manda a las Furias que vayan al Palacio de Atamante
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the goddess Juno in the Underworld. Juno went to the underworld to seek help from the Furies in order to cause pain to a mortal named Athamas. The Furies are depicted as monsters with wings and snakes in their hands on the left side of the image. The three-headed beast named Cerberus is also depicted in this image as it guards the gates to the Underworld.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24962
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_24962_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Juno; The Furies; Revenge; Athamas; Gods; Goddesses; Mythology