"Visiting gods” revisited. Aphrodite visiting Artemis, or bride?

Document type :

Partie d'ouvrage

Title :

"Visiting gods” revisited. Aphrodite visiting Artemis, or bride?

Author(s) :

Muller, Arthur [Auteur]
Institut Universitaire de France [IUF]
École française d'Athènes [EfA]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]

Scientific editor(s) :

Maria Dikomitou - Eliadou (éd.)
Demetrios Michaelides (éd.)
Giorgos Papantoniou (éd.)

Book title :

Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas

Publisher :

Brill

Publication place :

Leiden / Boston

Publication date :

2019-06

ISBN :

978-90-04-38469-9

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Archéologie et Préhistoire

English abstract : [en]

According to the traditional identification of several terracotta types, Aphrodite is a common “visitor” in sanctuaries of other gods. But the examination of attitudes and attributes, reinforced by parallels with more ...
Show more >According to the traditional identification of several terracotta types, Aphrodite is a common “visitor” in sanctuaries of other gods. But the examination of attitudes and attributes, reinforced by parallels with more explicit scenes in vase painting, suggests a reinterpretation of these figurines and protomai in the sanctuaries of Artemis in Thasos and Epidamnos-Dyrrhachion. They represent in fact mortal women, more specifically brides, even when an erotic character underlines the iconographic assimilation with Aphrodite. The dedication of these terracottas to Artemis, guarantor of the passage from the status of parthenos to that of nymphe, ensured divine protection for the young bride.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

Histoire Archéologie Littératures des Mondes Anciens (HALMA) - UMR 8164

Source :

Harvested from HAL