Chapter 6: Other Early Families
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Irakleon Museum. Fragmentary plate. Peleus and Thetis.
♠ Paus 5.18.5 – Pausanias, Description of Greece
There is also a figure of Thetis as a maid; Peleus is taking hold of her, and from the hand of Thetis a snake is darting at Peleus. Greek Text
Kavala Mseum A 1086. Melian amphora . Peleus and Nereids.
Paris, Musee du Louvre E639. Corinthian krater. Peleus and Thetis.
Munich Antikensammlungen. Etruscan tripod. Peleus and Thetis.
London British Museum B215 (?). Attic lekythos. Peleus and Thetis.
Paris, Musee du Louvre CA 2569. Attic. Peleus and Thetis.
Munich Antikensammlungen 1415. Attic amphora. Peleus, Thetis, Cheiron.
♠ Nem 3.35-36 – Pindar, Nemean Odes
and caught the sea-nymph Thetis after many struggles. Greek Text
♠ Nem 4.62-65 – Pindar, Nemean Odes
And Peleus, having thwarted all-powerful fire, and the sharp claws of bold-plotting lions, and the edge of their terrible teeth, [65] married one of the Nereids throned on high. Greek Text
Berlin Schloss Charlottenburg, F 2279. At cup by Peithinos. Peleus and Thetis.
♠ Il 24.62-63 – Homer, Iliad
And all of you, O ye gods, came to her marriage, and among them thyself too didst sit at the feast, thy lyre in thy hand, O thou friend of evil-doers, faithless ever. Greek Text
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Literary sources edited by Elena Bianchelli, Retired Senior Lecturer of Classical Languages and Culture, Univ. of Georgia, February 2024.
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