Apollo seduces Leucothea, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Leucothea, the daughter of the Babylonian king Orchamos, is seduced by Apollo, in the form of her mother. When the king hears this, he lets his daughter buried alive. In the background she is turned into an incense bush by Apollo. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Apollo, possibly in the guise of an old woman, wooing Leucothea. Leucothea changed into an incense bush: Apollo, Leucothea's lover, having tried in vain to recall her to life, changes Leucothea into an incense bu
Apollo seduces Leucothea, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Leucothea, the daughter of the Babylonian king Orchamos, is seduced by Apollo, in the form of her mother. When the king hears this, he lets his daughter buried alive. In the background she is turned into an incense bush by Apollo. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Apollo, possibly in the guise of an old woman, wooing Leucothea. Leucothea changed into an incense bush: Apollo, Leucothea's lover, having tried in vain to recall her to life, changes Leucothea into an incense bush (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 252)
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