I admit that I had to look them up because I was unaware of the story.
I forgot to mention, when I did my write-up of Sanssouci, I covered the Temple of Friendship and did a brief overview of the mythological couples depicted there, because even I, semi-Classicist, had forgotten one of the four, and figured there might be other people who could use an intro to the others. Just FYI!
Also, next time I'm at Sanssouci, I'm so using this page plus Selena's write-up as my cheat-sheet. I missed so many things when I was there!
Oh, speaking of which, I recently read in Wilhelmine's memoirs that her father had set up the Marly Gardens (which are now part of the Sanssouci park), and she has no idea why he named them "Marly". To which I thought, she could use this cheat sheet too! If Wikipedia is to be trusted, he named them ironically after Louis XIV's Marly-le-Roi palace. (Ironic because Louis and FW had kind of opposite opinions on conspicuous consumption.)
Sanssouci
I forgot to mention, when I did my write-up of Sanssouci, I covered the Temple of Friendship and did a brief overview of the mythological couples depicted there, because even I, semi-Classicist, had forgotten one of the four, and figured there might be other people who could use an intro to the others. Just FYI!
Also, next time I'm at Sanssouci, I'm so using this page plus Selena's write-up as my cheat-sheet. I missed so many things when I was there!
Oh, speaking of which, I recently read in Wilhelmine's memoirs that her father had set up the Marly Gardens (which are now part of the Sanssouci park), and she has no idea why he named them "Marly". To which I thought, she could use this cheat sheet too! If Wikipedia is to be trusted, he named them ironically after Louis XIV's Marly-le-Roi palace. (Ironic because Louis and FW had kind of opposite opinions on conspicuous consumption.)