Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 90

The sorceress Circe amidst Ulysses' men which she has changed into animals

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of this emblem is: "Cavendum a meretricibus"
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem076

Iconclass

• 13C33 magic wand
• 25F24(BOAR) hoofed animals: boar
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
• 25H16 plain
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A2516(+933) arm or hand held in front of the body (+ holding something)
• 31AA222(+89) chest, bust - AA - female human figure (+ nude human being)
• 31AA2321 leaning forward - AA - female human figure
• 31AA2711 walking - AA - female human figure
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31D15 adult woman
• 33C820
• 34B11(+9491) dog (+ silent means of communication of animal(s): wagging of tail etc.)
• 41D2321(+82) apron (+ women's clothes)
• 41D2332(+82) shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes)
• 46C13142 ass, donkey
• 47I214 goat
• 57AA51(+4) Licentiousness, Lasciviousness; 'Lascivia', 'Licenza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(HOMINES VOLUPTATIBUS TRANSFORMANTUR) proverbs, sayings, etc. (HOMINES VOLUPTATIBUS TRANSFORMANTUR)
• 97C81(+0) Ulysses' companions are changed into all kinds of animals (+ variant)
• 97D281 Circe changes Picus' companions, in search of their king, into various animals, because they threaten her (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 412)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem090
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem090
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667