Title

Illustration from 'The Temple of the Muses'

Caption

Arethusa, Engraved illustration from 'The Temple of the Muses', 1733. This book represented remarkable events of antiquity drawn and engraved by Bernard Picart (1673-1733). Arethusa. Engraving from 'Tableaux du temple des muses' (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681), known as the abbé de Marolles; a French churchman and translator. According to Pausanias, Alpheius was a passionate hunter and fell in love with the nymph Arethusa, but she fled from him to the island of Ortygia near Syracuse, and metamorphosed herself into a well, after which Alpheius became a river,

Date

1733

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP23A10_033

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,0Mb (5,4Mb) / 12,5in x 18,6in / 3760 x 5578 (300dpi)

Keywords

river Arethusa Engraved illustration Temple Muses book engraved Bernard Picart Arethusa Engraving Tableaux temple des muses Michel de Marolles abbé de Marolles French churchman Pausanias Alpheius hunter love nymph fled island Ortygia Syracuse metamorphosis well river 18th century