The Iliad & the Trojan War

The Iliad & the Trojan War

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Peleus and Thetis’ Wedding

Peleus was a mortal man.Thetis was a sea nymph and the daughter of Zeus.Peleus had been on many adventures and had already been married, but things went sour when he accidentally killed his father-in-law.He saw Thetis, fell in love with her, and tried to kidnap her.She managed to fight him off with a snake until he eventually won her over.

“It is not without some god’s assistance that you conquer” (Thetis to Peleus in Ovid’s Metamorphosis)

Wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Joachim Wtewael

To the fairest

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Sandro Botticelli, The Judgment of Paris

Helen of Troy by Evelyn de Morgan

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The Love of Helen and Paris, Jean-Jacques David

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Now the War Can Begin!