Drawing: Venus wounded by Diomedes

Diomedes (left) steps toward the left with right arm raised and pulled back preparing to stab Aeneas with his spear. Venus intervenes wrapping her right arm around Aeneas's waist and flying him away while warding off Diomedes with her left hand. Aeneas's left arm and shield are draped over Venus's shoulder, a sword hilt is visible in his right hand, but the blade is mostly out of frame.

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Venus wounded by Diomedes (1851). Drawing, after John Gibson, published by Joseph Hogarth. British Museum 1916,0411.68. © Trustees of the British Museum. Used by permission.

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Image Source: The British Museum

Associated Passages

Ovid, Amores 1.7

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