Jugando Jacinto con Apolo, le mata un tejo que el viento desvio · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Jugando Jacinto con Apolo, le mata un tejo que el viento desvio
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Sparta; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the love story and tragedy of the god Apollo and his lover Hyacinthus. The two would often engage in physical activities together, and one day they decided to have a disc throwing contest. Apollo threw the discus, which cut through the heavens and the skies. As it was falling back to Earth, Hyacinthus wanted to impress Apollo by catching it, however, he got too close as it hit the ground. When the discus rebounded off the ground, it fatally hit Hyacinthus in the head. Apollo is running over to his lover who is lying dead on the ground. In order to be with Hyacinthus forever, he transforms him into the Hyacinth flower, which blooms every year.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25047
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_25047_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Hyacinthus; Hyacinth Flower; Apollo; Gods; Mythology