Scamander (river god in Greek mythology) 1615

Scamander (river god in Greek mythology) 1615. A 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. Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates sophistes grecs, et Les statues de Callistrate by Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century Philostratus, the Lemnian, 3rd cent Callistratus, active 3rd century/4th century. The Eikone?s are associated with the four sophists of the Philostratus family of Lemnos, who lived 2nd-3rd century A. D. According to Hesiod, Scamander was the son of Oceanus and Tethys. After the Greek hero Achilles insulted him. Scamander was also said to have attempted to kill Achilles three times, and the hero was only saved due to the intervention of Hera, Athena and Hephaestus

1561 1615 1641 2nd-3rd According Achilles Athena Athenian Attempted Blaise Cent Deux Engraver Galte Galter Gaultier Grecs Hephaestus Hera Hesiod Insult Insulted Intervention Lemnos Lived Mainz Oceanus Peinture Philostrates Platte Saved Sophistes Tableaux Tethys Vigenere

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > WHA