Elopement is a marriage which is conducted in a sudden and secretive fashion, sometimes involving a hurried journey away from one's place of residence together with one's beloved with the intention of
A humorous, staged photograph (circa 1904) depicting an attempted elopement with clichéd ladder to the prospective bride's upstairs bedroom. The bride has fallen down the ladder, knocking over her beau and waking her father.
Paris, also known as Alexander, is a figure from Greek mythology who appears in the numerous stories about the Trojan War, including the Iliad. He was prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecub
Elopement
…approval. Such cases demonstrate that elopement may serve as a practical solution rather than an act of rebellion. The relationship between Helen and Paris of Troy is sometimes depicted as an elopement instead of an abduction. Patsy’s Elopement (1915) was a silent episode of an early serial film that deals with…
The 'Trojan Archer' or 'Paris', from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, ca. 505–500 BC, Munich.
7th-century BC Melian pithamphora depicting the Judgement of Paris, Archaeological Museum of Paros.
Paris receives Hermes who leads Athena, Hera and Aphrodite. Painting on terracotta panels, 560–550 BC
El Juicio de Paris by Enrique Simonet, c. 1904. Paris is studying Aphrodite, who is standing before him naked. The other two goddesses watch nearby.