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In the sixteenth century a large number of fresco decorations was based on well-known literary works of antiquity. In addition to Ovid's Metamorphoses, the Latin and Greek works that frequently provided inspiration for mural paintings included Virgil's Aeneid, Livy's Roman history with depictions of Roman virtues, Plutarch's Lives, Valerius Maximus's Dicta and facta memorabilia, and Apuleius's Golden Ass.
The scene in the Villa Emo is based on Valerius Maximus's Dicta and facta memorabilia. The Villa Emo at Fanzolo was built by Palladio in the late 1550s.
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