APOLLONIUS RHODIUS (C. 295-215 BC)
The Argonautica
1523RCIN 1058014
The Argonautica tells the story of Jason and the Argonauts, and was traditionally ascribed to Orpheus, the mythical Greek poet. Holbein’s frontispiece illustrates Lucretia, a Roman noblewoman who committed suicide after being raped, and on the right Judith with the head of Holofernes, whom she had beheaded after intoxicating him with wine.