Erysichthon Punished
Despising the gods, he chops down a sacred oak : Demeter punishes him with Famine, and in desperation he is reduced to eating his own flesh till there's nothing left of him
Picture No
14090542
Media ID
45850547
Size
4264px x 3457px
(3.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
engraving by I Matheus in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 237
