Callirhoe, virgin of Calydon who committed suicide

Callirhoe, virgin of Calydon, who rejected advances from Coresus, a priest of Bacchus. She is depicted with ivy leaves in her hair and dagger in her hand before her suicide. From a carnelian gem. Also identified as Lucretia, who commited suicide after her rape by Sextus Tarquinius. Calliroe. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Bacchus Callirhoe Calydon Carnelian Gem Classical Mythology Dionysus Etienne Picart Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Heroine Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Ivy Leaves Lucretia Maiden Orator Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Rape Regi Roman Myth Suicide

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