CLAS 220: Images of the Greek Wedding
compiled by John Porter, University of Saskatchewan

This page offers an overview of those images discussed in the course lectures that are available via the WWW. When activated, the links below will open in a separate window: as you proceed through the list, this should allow you to compare the different images by using the "Back" and "Forward" buttons on your browser. You should configure the size and location of the two windows as best suits your particular monitor.

The majority of these links are to the Perseus WWW site. Links to other WWW sites with relevant material have also been provided.

Unfortunately, many of images to be discussed in class are not available for public access via the Perseus WWW site. In many cases, however, Perseus will offer a general account of the vase in question.

1. Loutrophoros with scene of prothesis (laying out of corpse)

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4. Lebes gamikos with wedding procession

5. Lebes gamikos: Side A

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7. Base: Side A

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9. Same: Side B

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11. Base: Side B

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13. Lebes Gamikos: Side A

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15. Same: Side B

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17. Adornment of the bride (drawing)

18. Pyxis with scenes of preparation for marriage (drawing)

19. Adornment of the bride: Part I (drawing)

20. Adornment of the bride: Part II (drawing)

21. Bride preparing for wedding, with Aphrodite (?), Eros, and attendant

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23. Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

24. Wedding procession

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28. Wedding procession

29. Wedding procession

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33. Wedding procession

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35. Wedding procession

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37. Wedding procession

38. Pyxis with marriage of Herakles and Hebe (overview)

39. Same: overview of cover

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44. Bride, Eros, Groom, and Nike

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46. Paris (Alexandros) and Helen

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48. Abduction scene (Paris and Helen?)

49. Menelaos and Helen?

50. Theseus abducting Antiope

51. Castor and Polydeuces abducting the daughters of Leucippus

52. Peleus and Thetis

53. Tityus and Leto

54. Phaedra (upper register); Marriage of Peirithoös and Laodameia (Lapiths vs. Centaurs — lower register)

55. Paris and Helen

56. Hera and Zeus (Parthenon frieze)

57. Hera unveiling before Zeus (Selinus)

58. Epinetron with wedding of Harmonia, rape of Thetis by Peleus, and epaulia of Alcestis
    • General view: rape of Thetis (left); epaulia of Alcestis (right)

59. RF pyxis with interior scene: nuptial context?

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