"Visiting gods” revisited. Aphrodite ...
Document type :
Partie d'ouvrage
Title :
"Visiting gods” revisited. Aphrodite visiting Artemis, or bride?
Author(s) :
Muller, Arthur [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
École française d'Athènes [EfA]
Institut universitaire de France [IUF]
Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques [CTHS]

Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
École française d'Athènes [EfA]
Institut universitaire de France [IUF]
Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques [CTHS]
Scientific editor(s) :
Maria Dikomitou - Eliadou (éd.)
Demetrios Michaelides (éd.)
Giorgos Papantoniou (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/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 >
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
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