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Art Reproductions Circe Invidiosa, 1892 by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917, Italy) | ArtsDot.com

Circe Invidiosa

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Circe Invidiosa or Circe Poisoning the Sea (1892) is an oil painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter John William Waterhouse. Waterhouse took the subject of this painting from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Scylla, a water nymph, was loved by Glaucus, a sea deity. She rejected his advances, and he turned for aid to Circe, the enchantress. Circe, however, fell in love with Glaucus herself, and to destroy Scylla, her rival, poisoned the stream where the nymph was accustomed to bathe. When Scylla entered the water she was transformed into a hideous monster, whereupon she threw herself into the sea which separates Italy from Sicily and was changed into the rock, so perilous to sailors, which bears her name.
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