Aesacus in Hesperia, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 - 1638 print Hesperia is bitten to death by a snake. Aesacus runs in a panic towards Hesperia. In the background, Aesacus throws himself out of desperation of a rock. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching Aesacus changed into a diving bird: in despair for having caused the death of Hesperia (or Asterope), Aesacus throws himself into the sea and is changed into a diving bird by Tethys (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 783)

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