Image: Odysseus' men eat the sacred oxen of the sun as his daughter informs him engraving
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Description: Opnamedatum: 2012-04-02. Created circa 1632 - 1633. Odysseus' crewman grab and slay one of the sun-god's sacred cows, despite his warnings. In the foreground, one can see the sea god Neptune threaten the ship with his trident, while in the background a young nymph (perhaps the Sun's daughter Lampetia) informs the sun god, mounted on his chariot, of the sacrilege. Engraving.
Title: Odysseus' men eat the sacred oxen of the sun as his daughter informs him engraving
Credit: Rijksmuseum
Author: Theodoor van Thulden
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
License: CC0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
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