Plate 135: Circe Changing Ulysses' Men into Swine (Ulyssis soci a Circe in porcos), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 1606

This engraving, created by Antonio Tempesta in 1606, depicts a scene from Ovid's *Metamorphoses*, in which the sorceress Circe transforms Ulysses' men into swine. The detailed etching shows Circe, clad in a flowing robe, offering a goblet to a man with a boar's head. This dramatic portrayal of the mythical transformation exemplifies the popularity of classical literature and the power of the printed image in 17th-century Europe. The work, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an excellent example of the Renaissance's fascination with mythological subjects.