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GODS AND MYTHS

Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The sack of Troy / Hecuba blinding Polymestor
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The sack of Troy / Sacrifice of Polyxena / Neoptolemus sacrificing Polyxena at Achilles's tomb / Hecuba (or other mourners) present
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The sack of Troy / Sacrifice of Polyxena / Hecuba finds the body of Polydorus while washing Polyxena's body
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The sack of Troy / Sacrifice of Polyxena / Hecuba mourning Polyxena

LITERATURE

Ancient / Ovid / Metamorphoses / Cycles / Venice 1497

Further details

Artist or creator

Venetian

Date

1497

Location

Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso). Ovidio metamorphoseos vulgare (translated by Giovanni Bonsignore, GW M28952). Venice (Rubeus for Giunta). 1497. Folio: 110v.
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Opac Plus Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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