After the death of Phathon, the sun god mourns and deprives the earth of daylight. The gods, including Jupiter, ask him to ride again in his cart along the sky. Below the depiction two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series, Gods request the sun god to ride in his chariot again Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1590, paper, engraving, h 177 mm × w 255 mm