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C1895
The Nymph Arethusa
Artist:
Mmn Adelaide Salles-Wagner
A nymph favored by Artemis and loved by the river god Alpheus. While Arethusa was bathing in his stream, Alpheus rose up and tried to abduct her, but she fled under the ocean to the isle of Ortygia. There, Artemis … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Nymph Arethusa
Date:
C1895
Artist:
Mmn Adelaide Salles-Wagner
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Photogravure
Image Size:
260mm
x 185mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1895
Description:
A nymph favored by Artemis and loved by the river god Alpheus. While Arethusa was bathing in his stream, Alpheus rose up and tried to abduct her, but she fled under the ocean to the isle of Ortygia. There, Artemis changed her into a fountain. But Alpheus followed her and was himself changed into a river and united with her. In ancient times it was believed that the waters of the Alpheus River flowed beneath the sea from Greece and reappeared in the fountain of Arethusa in the harbor of Syracuse.
