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Gabrielle Bakker, Eurytus and Hippodamia 01 Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #16

Dec 14, 2018

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Gabrielle BakkerEurytus and HippodamiaPrivate collection The theme of the painting is taken from Ovid. The Lapiths, a peace-loving people of Thessaly, were celebrating the wedding of their king Pirithous to Hippodamia. The Centaurs were invited but they quickly began to misbehave. One of them, Eurytus, full of liquor, tried to carry off the bride and…