Dodone. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte

Dodone. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenure, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. In Greco-Roman mythology, Arachne is a talented mortal weaver who challenged Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, into a weaving contest this hubris resulted in her being transformed into a spider. In Greek mythology, Dodone was said to be one of the Oceanid nymphs (the daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys)

1561 1615 1641 Arachne Athena Blaise Challenged Deux Engraver Galter Gaultier Greco-roman Grecs Mainz Mortal Nymphs Oceanus Peinture Philostrates Platte Resulted Sophistes Spider Tableaux Talented Tethys Titans Transformed Vigenere Weaving Wisdom

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