Sujet
Cambyses II killing the sacred bull Apis or Hapis.
Légende
Cambyses II killing the sacred bull Apis or Hapis. Egyptian mythology states that for killing the sacred animal he is punished by madness, in which he commits many other crimes, kills his brother and his sister, and at last loses his empire and dies from a wound in the thigh. Cambyses II, d. 522 BC. Emperor of the Achaemenid Empire. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
Date
1915
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Notre référence
UMG23A59_041
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,7Mo (8,2Mo) / 42,7cm x 29,8cm / 5043 x 3516 (300dpi)