Robert Parker
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520293946
- eISBN:
- 9780520967250
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520293946.003.0006
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Religions
This chapter is a case study of the place where, above all, interaction between Greek and foreign cults can be observed: the island of Delos in the 2nd and early 1st centuries BC. The three ...
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This chapter is a case study of the place where, above all, interaction between Greek and foreign cults can be observed: the island of Delos in the 2nd and early 1st centuries BC. The three Sarapieia, the sanctuary of the Syrian gods and the various sanctuaries of non-Greek gods on M. Kynthos provide detailed evidence for options and choices in naming gods in a multi-cultural environment.Less
This chapter is a case study of the place where, above all, interaction between Greek and foreign cults can be observed: the island of Delos in the 2nd and early 1st centuries BC. The three Sarapieia, the sanctuary of the Syrian gods and the various sanctuaries of non-Greek gods on M. Kynthos provide detailed evidence for options and choices in naming gods in a multi-cultural environment.
Sofia Kravaritou
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199654130
- eISBN:
- 9780191814747
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654130.003.0008
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Classical
This chapter addresses the issues related to the reorganization of sacred space in Eastern Thessaly, following the foundation of Demetrias under Macedonian rule (293 BC). Demetrias was first ...
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This chapter addresses the issues related to the reorganization of sacred space in Eastern Thessaly, following the foundation of Demetrias under Macedonian rule (293 BC). Demetrias was first established by synoecism of the local Thessalian and Magnesian communities, controlling the Pagasetic port and the Magnesian peninsula respectively. It was subsequently ruled by the local Magnesian Koinon, while Macedonians returned briefly before relinquishing permanent control to the Koinon and to the Romans. As a result, this Macedonian basileion, being concurrently an international port and a trading centre, was inhabited by Macedonians, local populations relocated from their original communities, and individuals from all over Greece and the entire Mediterranean. Eventually, the ethnic diversity of these post-Classical groups, expressing a series of changing and competing claims, had a serious impact on the reorganization of Demetrias’ sacred space in terms of continuity and change.Less
This chapter addresses the issues related to the reorganization of sacred space in Eastern Thessaly, following the foundation of Demetrias under Macedonian rule (293 BC). Demetrias was first established by synoecism of the local Thessalian and Magnesian communities, controlling the Pagasetic port and the Magnesian peninsula respectively. It was subsequently ruled by the local Magnesian Koinon, while Macedonians returned briefly before relinquishing permanent control to the Koinon and to the Romans. As a result, this Macedonian basileion, being concurrently an international port and a trading centre, was inhabited by Macedonians, local populations relocated from their original communities, and individuals from all over Greece and the entire Mediterranean. Eventually, the ethnic diversity of these post-Classical groups, expressing a series of changing and competing claims, had a serious impact on the reorganization of Demetrias’ sacred space in terms of continuity and change.
Olympia Bobou
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199654130
- eISBN:
- 9780191814747
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654130.003.0011
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Classical
One of the most interesting phenomena of the Hellenistic period is that of the creation of new genres of artistic expression and the elaboration and re-evaluation of traditional forms and images. ...
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One of the most interesting phenomena of the Hellenistic period is that of the creation of new genres of artistic expression and the elaboration and re-evaluation of traditional forms and images. Representations of children emerge as a category of sculpture in the late fourth century BC, and are among these new genres. This chapter explores the uses of portrait statues of children in sanctuary spaces. These are by far the largest category of children’s images in large-scale statuary, and they were dedicated to gods and goddesses between the fourth century BC and the first century AD. However, they are not a widespread phenomenon that spans the entire Hellenistic world. Unlike other votive objects, statues of children cannot be separated from the cults of deities to whom they were dedicated, and so they form a particular category of dedicatory statues.Less
One of the most interesting phenomena of the Hellenistic period is that of the creation of new genres of artistic expression and the elaboration and re-evaluation of traditional forms and images. Representations of children emerge as a category of sculpture in the late fourth century BC, and are among these new genres. This chapter explores the uses of portrait statues of children in sanctuary spaces. These are by far the largest category of children’s images in large-scale statuary, and they were dedicated to gods and goddesses between the fourth century BC and the first century AD. However, they are not a widespread phenomenon that spans the entire Hellenistic world. Unlike other votive objects, statues of children cannot be separated from the cults of deities to whom they were dedicated, and so they form a particular category of dedicatory statues.
