Cycnus en Hyrie, Anthony Tempesta, 1606 - 1638 print Hyrie turns into a fountain. Her son Cycnus turns into a swan. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching Hyrie changed into a fountain: in her grief for the loss of Cycnus, her son by Apollo, Hyrie is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 380). Cygnus, son of Apollo, changed into a swan: because his friend Phil(l)ius refused to give him the bull captured by the help of Hercules, Cycnus, the son of Apollo, leaps off a cliff, and is changed into a swan (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 371)

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