Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Cupid Brandishes Sword over Victims

NARRATIVE C7v · p.392
Cupid Brandishes Sword over Victims
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Cupid brandishes a sword over kneeling women bound to trees. Chariot visible at right.

In the Narrative

Cupid's punishment of those who resist love. The violence of this scene underscores the HP's view of Eros as an irresistible cosmic force.

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