Название: The Fountain of Latona: Louis XIV, Charles Le Brun, and the Gardens of Versailles
Автор: Thomas F. Hedin
Издательство: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812253752
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 296
Размер: 76,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Ovid tells the story of Latona, the mother by Jupiter of Apollo and Diana. In her flight from the jealous Juno, she arrives faint and parched on the coast of Asia Minor. Kneeling to sip from a pond, Latona is met by the local peasants, who not only deny her effort but muddy the water in pure malice. Enraged, Latona calls a curse down upon the stingy peasants, turning them to frogs.