T219, MERCURY, AFTER CARRYING OFF THE KINE OF APOLLO, GAVE THE SHEPHERD BATTUS ONE OF THE FINEST COWS, ON THE CONDITION THAT HE SHOULD NOT REVEAL THE THEFT. BATTUS BETRAYED THE SECRET FOR A DOUBLE BRIBE, AND MERCURY CHANGED HIM TO A TOUCHSTONE. CORRIGENDA: MERCURY TRANSFORMING BATTUS INTO A STONE
Description: MERCURY, AFTER CARRYING OFF THE KINE OF APOLLO, GAVE THE SHEPHERD BATTUS ONE OF THE FINEST COWS, ON THE CONDITION THAT HE SHOULD NOT REVEAL THE THEFT. BATTUS BETRAYED THE SECRET FOR A DOUBLE BRIBE, AND MERCURY CHANGED HIM TO A TOUCHSTONE. CORRIGENDA: MERCURY TRANSFORMING BATTUS INTO A STONE
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Apollonides
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Last Recorded Collection: 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): 219
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.338
