Tiresias striking the snakes, circa 1690

The greek mythological prophet tiresias is transformed into a woman by the goddess hera, after striking two copulating snakes with a stick. Engraving taken from die verwandlungen des ovidii: in zweyhundert und sechs- und zwantzig kupffern (the metamorphoses of ovid) by johann ulrich krauss, c. 1690. Date: circa 1690.