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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Thetis
1. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles puts on the armour forged by Hephaestus.
Peleus the father of Achilles, Achilles, Thetis the mother of Achilles, his son Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus) are represented.
Black-figure dish.
Clay.
Inv. No. 507.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
2. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side B.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
3. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side A.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
4. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Thetis on the sea gryphon carries to his son Achilles the arms forged by Hephaestus.
62—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8873.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII.
5. CERAMICS. Greece.
Greek wedding procession.
Drawing on vase.
Inv. No. L 55.
Paris, Louvre Museum.