25/05/2025
Summer is finally here!🌞
With wedding season in full swing, what better ancient artefact to look at than this lebes gamikos from Ancient Greece?
It is a very distinctive vessel which is believed to have been a gift for the bride and perhaps used to pour water for the bride’s bath on her wedding day.
Dating to the 4th century BC, the vase is decorated in the red-figure style. On either side, we can see different scenes. On one side, we can see a woman sitting on a rock; on one hand she is balancing a shallow dish. Her wrists are adorned with bracelets and she wears a necklace.
On the opposite side is the winged figure of Eros, the Greek god of love. He is in a similar pose to the woman and holds a mirror in his right hand.
To find out more, head to the website: https://www.awe--ancient-wonders.com/post/ancient-greek-weddings
Photo credit: Apulian red-figured Lebes Gamikos/Mineral, Clay/4th Century BC Classical Greek, Late Classical Greece/The Hunt Collection/PD
