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| Keywords: Lysippides-Andokides Group - Black-figure Hydria Depicting a Wedding Procession - Walters 4833.jpg The scene in the main panel of this hydria represents a wedding procession with the bride and groom in a chariot drawn by four horses While the groom manages the horses' reins the woman holds her veil out in a gesture of modesty befitting the Greek bride Behind the horses are two gods and two goddesses Just in front of the newlyweds is Demeter goddess of grain who holds sheaths of wheat in each of her upraised hands Looking back at her is Dionysos the god of wine who wears a wreath of ivy on his head and holds a large kantharos his distinctive wine cup Another figure wearing a polos on her head raises her hand toward the couple perhaps in a gesture of greeting At the far right is Hermes mostly hidden by the horses Grapevines and large bunches of grapes in the field alluding to the wine used in celebration of the event create a sense of crowded festivity At the center of the scene on the shoulder is Theseus battling the Minotaur The hero lunges his sword drawn and prepared to strike as he grasps the right arm of his opponent The scene captures this tale at the height of the action just before Theseus slays the beast and frees his people from having to offer the Minotaur a yearly sacrifice of young Athenian children A man and a woman stand on each side of the dueling pair Each woman has skin rendered in added white and holds a wreath One of these women is likely Ariadne whom Theseus married and later abandoned; the object she holds possibly refers to a glowing wreath she gave to Theseus to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth The identity of the other figures is unclear but they may represent companions of the Athenian hero ca 520 BC terracotta cm 43 37 3 36 6 accession number 48 33 38985 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome before 1897 cat no 177 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Lysippides-Andokides Group Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
