Hamilton, William [Hrsg.]; Tischbein, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm [Hrsg.]: Collection Of Engravings From Ancient Vases Of Greek Workmanship: Discoverd In Sepulchres In The Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies But Chiefly In The Neighbourhood Of Naples During The Course Of The Years MDCCLXXXIX and MDCCLXXXX Now In The Possession Of Sir Wm. Hamilton, His Britannic Maiesty's Envoy Extry. And Plenipotentiary At The Court Of Naples (Band 1) (Neapel, 1791)

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The figures in this Plate and the next, are (mailer
than in the originals; the Vase is i. foot 8. inches high,
and os the form (N.i.P.2.}\ the ornament (N.2. P.%. )
is under the Ivy ornament that goes round the rim of
the Vase.
Plate 2. ) This Vase is the exa6t companion to the
former, was found in the same Sepulchre , and proba-
bly represents the Sequel of the Story. Jobates highly sa-
tisfied with the services of Bellerophon gave him his only
daughter in marriage with a portion of his Kingdom .
Among the ancient Greeks, when the new married Cou-
ple retired to the Nuptial Chamber they anointed them
selves with perfumes w before which a young boy , ge-
nerally taken from among their relations, washed the feet
of the Bride , then a quince was presented to them , of
which fruit the Bride, and Bridegroom eat a part, when
in bed w.

Here Bellerophon crowned with Myrtle , which plant
w as sacred to Venus , is presenting the perfumed Oint-
ment to the Bride, whilst the Divinity, adored by the An-
cients under the name of the Genius of fecundity ( on
which the birth of all beings depended ) is washing her
feet. The Paranymph, or Paroche, presents the Quince,
and the Nymphagogue, or Pronuba, according to the Ro-
man marriage ceremonies, is presenting the fillet with which
the Bride's head was bound when led to the Nuptial bed,
which function was generally performed by the mother of
the Bride -
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(a) Athenxus Book XV. ch. 10. (b) P/utar. in prxcept. Conjugal. The quince to this
day in Sicily is called the Brides Apple.