Caption:
Dinos depicting the myth of the wedding of Thetis and Peleus. Rape of Thetis. It represents the abduction of Thetis by Peleus and the subsequent wedding between the two. In the presence of god Eros, Peleus grabs the goddess by the waist, who gesticulates asking her sisters for help. Above the figures depicted, a dove flies carrying the marriage ribbons in its beak. The vessel was intended to be part of a grave goods. Clay and paint. Painter of Louvre MNB 1148. 340 BC. From Apulia, Italy. Detail. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.