Book Title: Andreae Alciati emblematvm libellvs.

Author: Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550

Image Title: Marks of the Courageous

Description: The pictura of this emblem by the Italian jurist and writer Andrea Alciati (1492 – 1550 CE) features the tomb of Aristomenes, a king of Messenia celebrated for his protracted armed resistant to the Spartans during the Messenian Wars. The figure of the eagle, the birds of the god Saturn, inscribed on the face of the tomb symbolizes the king’s courage in battle.

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