Sodom and Gomorrah
- Deutsch: Sodom und Gomorra waren zwei biblische Städte am Toten Meer (ex: Genesis 19).
- English: Sodom and Gomorrha were two city–states in the Jordan Valley of the Ancient Levant, in the Near East.
- Abrahamic mythology contains a story of their destruction — with various subsequent interpretations and artistic renditions.
- The ancient cities are mentioned throughout the Hebrew Bible-Old Testament (esp: Book of Genesis), in the New Testament, and in the Qur'an.
- Français : Sodome et Gomorre sont deux villes bibliques (ex: Genèse, ch. 19).
- Italiano: Sodoma e Gomorra sono due città (ex: la Bibbia).
European artistic renditions—Nell'arte de Europa[edit]
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‚The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah‘ by Pieter Schoubroeck
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Lot leaving Sodom, Nuremberg Chronicle (1493)
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whole page in Latin, uncolored
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Lucas van Leyden (ca. 1490-1533): Lot and his daughters (ca. 1509).
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Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1561), Lot prevents sodomites from raping the angels (1555).
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Sebastian Munster, Sodom, from Cosmographia (1564).
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Cornelis Cort (1522-1578), Lot and his daughters. Behind them, Sodom is burning.
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De Laune - Etienne de Laune (1518-1583), Educitur Loth e Sodomis - Lot fleeing Sodom.
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Mattheus Merian (1593-1650), Lot fleeing Sodom.
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Hendrik Goltzius, Lot and his daughters (1616).
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Peter Paul Rubens, Lot fleeing Sodom (1615 ca.).
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Peter Paul Rubens, Lot fleeing Sodom.
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Sodome. From a French Bible.
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François Elluin, Sodomites causing God's wrath, from Le pot pourri de Loth (1781).
