Aesacus chases Hesperia, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Aesacus picks Hesperia, who then flees. Then she is bitten by an adder, on which Aesacus jumps from a rock. The ZeenMIMF Thetis catches him and turns it into a bird. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving 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). Aesacus changed into a diving bird while pursuing the nymph Hesper
Aesacus chases Hesperia, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Aesacus picks Hesperia, who then flees. Then she is bitten by an adder, on which Aesacus jumps from a rock. The ZeenMIMF Thetis catches him and turns it into a bird. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving 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). Aesacus changed into a diving bird while pursuing the nymph Hesperia (or Asterope), who is bitten by a snake
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