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Marriage of Zeus and Hera
ID: ITPOHTP08 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2017

Marriage of Zeus and Hera

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View of a beautiful fresco from the atrium of The House of the Tragic Poet.

Zeus, the chief deity of the pantheon, is seated. To the left is his wife Hera, who is wearing the formal clothes of a bride. She is being pushed toward Zeus by Iris, the messenger of the gods.