Aristodemos is crowned king in Crete.
"Aristodemus wird zum Konige in Creta gekronet".
Antique copper engraving from "The Adventures of Prince Ithaca, or: Telemachus in Search of his Father Ulysses".
Aristodemus - A character in ancient Greek mythology from the Heraclidean family, the father of Eurysthenes and Proclus, the founders of the two royal dynasties of Sparta. According to one version of the myth, he died on the eve of the Heraclidean invasion of the Peloponnese, according to another, he took part in the campaign and became the king of Laconia.
Technique, Material: Copper engraving / Paper
Artist: Johann Christian Sperling, Engraver: Johann Wilhelm Winter
Date, Publisher: "Die Begebenheiten Des Prinzen von Ithaca", Berlin & Potsdam, by Johann Andreas Rudiger, 1731.
Size: sheet 18.7 x 24.8 cm.
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