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Published at 1548 × 909 in The Mother of Big Fat Greek Weddings: Thetis & Peleus’ Wedding in Art Through the Ages

Detail of Floor Mosaic from a Roman Villa named the House of Aion, ca. mid 4th Century CE at Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos, Cyprus, depicting a beauty contest between Cassiopeia and the Nereids. Named Nereids in this image: Doris (Thetis’ Mother), Thetis (Achilles’ Mother), Galatea (Thetis’ sister). CCSA 3.0 by Wolfgang Sauber/Vail via Wikimedia Commons.

Detail of Floor Mosaic from a Roman Villa named the House of Aion, ca. mid 4th Century CE at Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos, Cyprus, depicting a beauty contest between Cassiopeia and the Nereids. Named Nereids in this image: Doris (Thetis’ Mother), Thetis (Achilles’ Mother), Galatea (Thetis’ sister). CCSA 3.0 by Wolfgang Sauber/Vail via Wikimedia Commons.

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