Concept information
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metamorphoses ~ classical mythology
metamorphoses of male persons into birds
metamorphoses of male persons into birds (first series)
Aesacus changed into a diving bird: in despair for having caused the death of Hesperia (or Asterope), Aesacus throws himself into the sea and is changed into a diving bird by Tethys (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 783)
Preferred term
97D111Aesacus changed into a diving bird while pursuing the nymph Hesperia (or Asterope), who is bitten by a snake
Subject
- Aesacus
- ancient history
- animal
- Asterope
- bird
- biting
- classical antiquity
- diving-bird
- history
- jumping
- love unrequited
- man
- metamorphosis
- mythology
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 11
- pursuing
- sea
- snake
- suicide
- Tethys
- transformation
Notation
- 97D111
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URI
http://iconclass.org/97D111
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