Erichthonius
The daughters of Cecrops are told to guard a box but not to open it ; of course they do, and out pops the snake-child Ericthonius, scaring them so they jump off the Acropolis
Picture No
10082035
Media ID
47295151
Size
4190px x 3456px
(3.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
engraving by I Briot in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 55
