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| Keywords: Sophilos Black-Figure Dinos on stand 570 bce British Museum.jpg en Pottery black-figured dinos wine-bowl and stand incorporating the fragments 1978 6-6 1 and 2 and 1978 6-7 1 to 3 It shows the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis above friezes of real and imaginary animals Peleus receives the wedding guests at his house; among them Dionysos Hebe and the centaur Cheiron Between the columns of Peleus' house is the artist's signature Sophilos painted me The first chariot in the procession carries Zeus and Hera the second Poseidon and Amphitrite the third Hermes and Apollo and the fourth Ares and Aphrodite Between the chariots walk groups of Fates Graces and Muses one of whom plays the pipes Athena and Artemis ride in the last chariot and are followed by Thetis' grandfather the fish-tailed sea-god Okeanos his wife Tethys and Eileithyia goddess of childbirth Hephaistos brings up the rear seated side-saddle on a mule 580-570 BCE British Museum Sophilos other versions PD-old-100 Greece Sophilos Pottery Black-figure pottery Peleus in ancient Greek pottery Thetis Peleus Okeanos Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
