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K18.1 THE WEDDING OF HERACLES & HEBE

Wedding of Heracles & Hebe | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia
Catalogue No. MS5462
Beazley Archive No. 15295
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Pyxis
Painter Name vase of the Heimarmene Painter
Date ca 450 - 400 B.C.
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

The apotheosed hero Heracles leads his bride Hebe in a wedding procession through Olympus. They are flanked by two Erotes (love-gods)--Eros who holds Hebe's veil and Hymenaeus who leads the procession with a flaming torch. Other figures in the scene (see other image) include Athena, Hera and Zeus.

This image is a montage of several photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Hebe, Hymenaeus, Eros

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Zeus & Hera

K4.9 Zeus