The Aesthetics of a Romantic Wedding

As part of the ceremonies for this wedding where Cleopatra is going to marry her uncle, Philip throws a big bash. This is his coming out party. He's already got an advanced party of his generals who've conquered a little bridgehead over there. So I mean, they're ready to go. Today, we would call it a star, studded affair, right? The media would all be there. And he has a bunch of gold statues made for all the gods and then one other one that just happens to be him. Think of the significance of that.