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GODS AND MYTHS

Bellerophon / Myths / Bellerophon, Iobates and the Lycian women

LITERATURE

Ancient / Plutarch / Moralia / De mulierum virtutibus / cap. 9: The Lycian Women

Further details

After Plutarch: Bellerophon, badly treated by Iobates, wades into the sea and then back to the land, accompanied by a wave that drowned the fertile land. The Lycian women went towards him lifting up their closthers - for shame he retreated, and so did the wave

Artist or creator

Francken, Frans the Younger (1581-1642)

Date

17th century (first half)

Location

Berlin, Jagdschloss Grunewald (Gen.-Katalog I 2693, cat. 1964, p. 68, no. 85)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (Photographer (analogue))

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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