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T51, JUPITER APPEARING AS A FLAME OF FIRE TO AEGINA. JUPITER, TO OBTAIN THE FAVOURS OF AEGINA, DAUGHTER OF THE RIVER ASOPUS, CHANGED HIMSELF TO A FLAME OF FIRE, AND MADE THE NYMPH THE MOTHER OF AECUS, WHO WAS THE FATHER OF TELAMON

  • Reference Number: T51
  • Description: JUPITER APPEARING AS A FLAME OF FIRE TO AEGINA. JUPITER, TO OBTAIN THE FAVOURS OF AEGINA, DAUGHTER OF THE RIVER ASOPUS, CHANGED HIMSELF TO A FLAME OF FIRE, AND MADE THE NYMPH THE MOTHER OF AECUS, WHO WAS THE FATHER OF TELAMON
  • Inscription Greek: ΠΟΛΥΚΛΕΙΤΟΥ
  • Signature: Polyklet
  • Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
  • Current Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
    • Christie's, London
    • Prendeville, J.: Explanatory catalogue of the proof-impressions of the antique gems possessed by the late Prince Poniatowski and now in the possession of John Tyrrell, Esq. (1841)
  • Material: Cornelian
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