Probably first published illustration of Tarantella legend. Bite of spider Lycosa tarantula thought to cause Tarantism, an illness in which the suffer wept and swept before going into a wild dance. From ''Magnes: sive de Ars Magnetica'', Rome, 1643, by Athanasius Kircher.

Probably first published illustration of Tarantella legend. Bite of spider Lycosa tarantula thought to cause Tarantism, an illness in which the suffer wept and swept before going into a wild dance. From ''Magnes: sive de Ars Magnetica'', Rome, 1643, by Athanasius Kircher.

Probably first published illustration of Tarantella legend. Bite of spider Lycosa tarantula thought to cause Tarantism, an illness in which the suffer wept and swept before going into a wild dance. From ''Magnes, sive de Ars Magnetica'', Rome, 1643, by Athanasius Kircher.

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