Mercury Verandert Battus in Een Steen, Virgil, 1569 print Mercury stole the herd of Apollo. Battus broke his promise to keep this secret at which Mercury turned him into a stone. print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper letterpress printing scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. Battus changed into a touchstone: for violating the promise to keep Mercury's theft of Apollo's cattle a secret, Mercury turns Battus, the shepherd, into a touchstone (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 705)

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