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Callirhoe, target of affection of Coresus, a priest of Dionysus in Calydon, Greece. Sentenced to be sacrificed to save the city., she cut her own throat when Coresus committed suicide. With a knife to her throat and vine leaves of Dionysus in her hair. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoors Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as Favissæ utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Græcæ in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716.
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Callirhoe, target of affection of Coresus, a priest of Dionysus in Calydon, Greece. Sentenced to be sacrificed to save the city., she cut her own throat when Coresus committed suicide. With a knife to her throat and vine leaves of Dionysus in her hair. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoors Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as Favissæ utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Græcæ in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716.
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4991 x 6508 px | 92.9 MB
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42.3 x 55.1 cm | 16.6 x 21.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • AFFECTION • AMSTERDAM • ANTIQUE IMAGES • BACCHUS • CALLIRHOE • CALYDON • CLASSIC • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CORESUS • CULT • DART BOARD • DEORUM ET HEROUM • DIONYSUS • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • GODS AND HEROES • GREECE • GREEK MYTH • HENRICUS SPOOR • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • KNIFE • LATIN • MEDALLION • MEN AND WOMEN • MYTH: ROMAN • MYTHOLOGY • OFFERING • PIETER BODART • PRIEST • PRIESTS • PRINT • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN MYTH • SACRIFICE • SACRIFICES • STALKER • SUICIDE • TARGET • VICTIM • VICTIMS • VINE LEAVES • VIRORUM ET MULIERUM ILLUSTRIUM IMAGINES ANTIQUAE ILLUSTATAE • WATER
