Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Alcyone and Ceyx / Morpheus appears to Alcyone in the form of Ceyx

LITERATURE

Ancient / Ovid / Metamorphoses / Cycles / Lyon 1532 / Part 3 (Books XI-XV)
Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book IV: Love of Dido and Aeneas, after Aeneas's departure Dido kills herself / vv. 504-508: Dido has her bed and Aeneas's possessions placed on a pyre
Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book IV: Love of Dido and Aeneas, after Aeneas's departure Dido kills herself / vv. 642-666: Dido stabs herself with Aeneas's sword / Dido stabs herself, standing or seated, next to logs or a fire
Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book IV: Love of Dido and Aeneas, after Aeneas's departure Dido kills herself / vv. 672-687: Anna speaks to her dying sister Dido

Further details

The woodcut was originally created to illustrate an edition of the Aeneid, and is re-used here to illustrate the episode of Morpheus visiting Alcyone.

Artist or creator

anonymous

Date

1532

Location

.., Blank

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso). Le Grand Olympe des histoires poëtiques du prince de poësie Ovide Naso en sa métamorphose. Lyon (Romain Morin) (USTC 49832). 1532. Folio: 30v.

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