Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Adonis and Emperor Augustus
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Cleopatra and Venus
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Crouching Venus and Spinario
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Cupid and Apollo
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Equestrian Statues of Amazon and Marcus Aurelius
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Barbarian Captives
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Faun and Fishing-Boy
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Ganymede and Bacchus
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Hercules
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Hermaphrodite and Apollo
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Horse-Tamers
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Mercury
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Muse and Flora
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Pyrrhus and Julius Caesar
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Roma and Minerva
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Lorenzo Vaccari (publisher)
Statues of Pan and Apollo
(from Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae)
1584
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel

Danaus:  Children, you must show good sense. This trusty old man, your father, with whom you have reached this place, has been a sensible shipmaster; now I have likewise taken thought regarding the situation on land, and I advise you to record my words on the tables of your mind and keep them safe. I can see a dust-cloud, the voiceless harbinger of an army; the sockets of wheels are not silent as the axles drive them round; and now I see a mass of men bearing shields and spears, together with horses and curve-fronted chariots.  Perhaps the ruler of this land and his followers may be coming to us to view for themselves what is happening here, after getting word from messengers. But whether he has set out on this mission with no harmful intent, or whetted with raw anger, it is best from every point of view, girls, to sit at this rock sacred to the Assembled Gods: an altar is an unbreakable shield, stronger than a city wall. But come as quickly as you can; hold reverently in your left hands your white-wreathed suppliant-branches, sacred emblems of Zeus the enforcer of respect, and answer the natives in words that display respect, sorrow and need, as it is proper for aliens to do, explaining clearly this flight of yours which is not due to bloodshed.* Let your speech, in the first place, not be accompanied by arrogance, and let it emerge from your disciplined faces and your calm eyes that you are free of wantonness. And be neither forward nor sluggish in speech: the people here are very ready to take offence. Remember to be yielding – you are a needy foreign refugee: bold speech does not suit those in a weak position. 

– Aeschylus, from Suppliants (ca. 470-460 BC), translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (2008)

*lack of bloodshed taken to mean that the suppliants are free of pollution, but also hinting at the bloodshed to come