# Cydippe with the Apple of Acontius

- By: Paulus Bor (Amersfoort, ca. –1669)
- Date: c. 1645 - c. 1655
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 151 cm x width 113.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4666--bc6e25c457a326efbffe05a532fe2d60)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/69541c2c22aa09d2ea5274c1a87404a5.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This scene is taken from the Heroides by the Roman poet Ovid. When Cydippe went to make an offering at the temple of Diana, Acontius, who was secretly in love with her, threw an apple inside with the following words written on it: ‘I swear by the sanctuary of Diana that I will marry Acontius.’ Cydippe read the words aloud, thus turning them into a solemn vow.