Picture No | 10082214 |
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Description | Thetis Taken by Surprise |
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Though wed to Peleus, the naiad resists his embraces, turning herself into a tree etc : but one day he finds her sleeping, seizes the chance, makes her mother of Achilles
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Source | engraving by Michel Saulte in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 312 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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