Jupiter turns King Lycaon into a wolf, Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, After Virgilius Solis, 1659 print Jupiter has turned King Lycaon into a wolf because he had tried to cheat Jupiter by slaughtering his son Arcas and offering him as a supper. A building is on fire in the distance. Under the performance a four -line explanation in Latin. Amsterdam paper etching Lycaon changed into a wolf: Jupiter changes Lycaon into a wolf as punishment for offering the god, who is sitting at table, human flesh to eat; Lycaon's house is struck with lightning (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 237)

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