Title

Ixion was expelled from Olympus and blasted with a thunderbolt

Caption

Ixion was expelled from Olympus and blasted with a thunderbolt. Zeus ordered Hermes to bind Ixion to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenère, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. In Greek mythology, Ixion was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly, and a son of Ares, or Leonteus, or Antion and Perimele, or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas

Date

1615

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP23A10_017

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,0Mb (5,5Mb) / 12,9in x 18,1in / 3866 x 5425 (300dpi)

Keywords

Phlegyas Ixion expelled Olympus blasted thunderbolt Zeus ordered Hermes bind winged fiery wheel spinning Plate Images Tableaux Platte Peinture Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs Blaise de Vigenère Blaise de Vigenère Leonard Gaultier Gaultier Galter French engraver Greek mythology Ixion king Lapith ancient tribe Thessaly Phlegyas 17th century