Les fêtes d'Hébé, ou Les talens lyriques is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and three entrées by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. The libretto was written by Antoine Gautier de Montdorge. The w
Jean-Philippe Rameau
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hebe is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life. She was the cup-bearer for the gods of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia. On Sicyon, she w
Les fêtes d'Hébé
…Les fêtes d'Hébé, ou Les talens lyriques (The Festivities of Hebe, or The Lyric Talents) is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and three entrées (acts) by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. The libretto was written…
Classical depiction of Hebe
The Ricci Hydria showing Hebe bringing Heracles to Olympus from Earth upon his apotheosis. (National Etruscan Museum)
Hebe with her mother Hera on a metope from the Parthenon, Acropolis Museum, Greece.
A figure, possibly Hebe, finial from the temple of Ares, ca. 440s BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece.