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Oil Jar with Paris and Helen in the Getty Villa, July 2008

Oil Jar with Paris and Helen in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Oil Jar with Paris and Helen
Greek, made in Athens, 420-400 BC
Terracotta
Red-figured lekythos attributed to the Painter of the Frankfort Acorn

Paris (prince of Troy) and Helen (queen of Sparta) gaze lovingly at each other on this oil jar. According to myth, Aphrodite was responsible for their meeting, which eventually led to the Trojan War. Here the goddess blesses the lovers' union as she flies above them in a chariot drawn by erotes, companions of Eros.

Text from the Getty Villa museum label.

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