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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure NAM-can-020. The quadrupede and winged Dragon of Ares, guardian of the Ismenian Spring in the vicinity of future Thebes devouring the companions of the Phoenician prince Cadmos who eventually would slay the beast (the episode depicted in the background?) and sow its teeth in the ground, from which the army of the fierce Spartoi, the source of the future Thebes' elite would spring. |
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| Black ink, laid paper |
Line engraving (The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus) |
Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617 AD) |
Early Dutch Baroque/Northern Mannerism, 1588 AD |
Haarlem (?), Netherlands |
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Inventory № ? |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First* Canadian Expedition, 6-8 September 2015, 20-21 May 2017, 1-3 September 2017, 23-24 September 2018). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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