Althaea Kills Meleager
Meleager's life depends on a certain log not being burnt ; when he kills his brothers, his mother Althaea throws the log on the fire, he dies, his sorrowing sisters become birds
Picture No
10082172
Media ID
47297848
Size
4244px x 3456px
(3.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
engraving by I Matheus in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 222
