Identifier: opencourt22_6211caru (find matches)
Title: The Open court
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 Open Court Publishing company, Chicago
Subjects: Religion Religion and science
Publisher: Chicago : The Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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TllE PORTLAND VASE. REPRESENTING THE MARRIAGE OE THETIS. tnres. Later illustrations, however, show that she accepts theengagement with Peleus willing-ly, and the artist even represents 96 THE oriiN COURT,
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AN BRIDES. 97 her love of Peleus in her attiliide. showing how she courts his arrivalas a welcome husband. The scene is represented in the so-calledPortland vase, one of the most beautiful pieces of art which hascome down to us and is now preserved in the British Museum. Alittle cupid flutters above Thetis, and Nereus. her father, watchesthe arrival of Peleus. Another vase, commonly called the hrancois vase, also repre-sents the marriage of Thetis, and in two stately rows we see theseveral gods invited to take part at the festival approaching the

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