Medium: Intaglio with hand coloringEdition: 2/40Dimensions: Plate 14x19; Paper 17x22" One of the most popular of the myths about the celestial dragon Draco, which coils around the sky's north pole,…
Medium: Intaglio with hand coloring Edition: 2/40 Dimensions: Plate 14x19; Paper 17x22"
One of the most popular of the myths about the celestial dragon Draco, which coils around the sky's north pole, is that of the dragon named Landon, the one- hundred- eyed monster (in another version described as a one hundred headed monster.) Hera, wife of Zeus, was given as a wedding gift the precious tree of golden apples. The Hesperides, daughters of Atlas, were put to guard it. However, they proved themselves untrustworthy as they picked the apples. Hera placed the Dragon around the tree to prevent further theft. The hero Heracles was required to steal the golden apples as one of his twelve great labors. He killed Draco with poisonous arrows. Upon the Dragon's death Hera placed it in the stars as the constellation Draco.
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