Picture No | 10082247 |
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Description | Memnon's Ashes |
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Memnon, killed by Achilles during the Trojan War, is mourned by his mother Aurora, goddess of the dawn, who obtains that his ashes will be turned into birds
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Source | engraving by Fivens in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 378 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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