Divine Images and Human Imaginations in Ancient Greece and Rome

457 Pages·2010·32.738 MB·English

by  Joannis Mylonopoulos

Divine Images and Human Imaginations
in Ancient Greece and Rome
Religions in the
Graeco-Roman World
Editors
H.S. Versnel
D. Frankfurter
J. Hahn
VOLUME170
Divine Images and Human
Imaginations in Ancient Greece
and Rome
Editedby
Joannis Mylonopoulos
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2010
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CONTENTS
Foreword.............................................................. vii
Authors................................................................ ix
Illustrations ........................................................... xiii
Abbreviations ......................................................... xvii
Introduction:Divineimagesversuscultimages.Anendlessstory
abouttheories,methods,andterminologies....................... 1
JoannisMylonopoulos
Apantheonwithoutattributes?GoddessesandgodsinMinoan
andMyceneaniconography ........................................ 21
FritzBlakolmer
Aniconismandthenotionof“primitive”inGreekantiquity ........ 63
MiletteGaifman
Findingthegods.GreekandCypriotvotivekorairevisited........... 87
CatherineM.Keesling
GodsandStatues—Anapproachtoarchaisticimagesinthefifth
centurybce ......................................................... 105
FernandeHölscher
Greekpriestsand“cultstatues”:Inhowfararetheyunnecessary? .. 121
VincianePirenne-Delforge
Theseusandthestone.Theiconographicandritualcontextsofa
GreekvotivereliefintheLouvre ................................... 143
GunnelEkroth
Odysseuswithatrident?TheuseofattributesinancientGreek
imagery.............................................................. 171
JoannisMylonopoulos
Thelifestoryofacultstatueasanallegory:Kallimachos’Hermes
Perpheraios.......................................................... 205
IvanaPetrovic
vi contents
Arcadiancultimagesbetweenreligionandpolitics .................. 225
TanjaScheer
Synnaostheos.ImagesofRomanemperorsinGreektemples........ 241
DirkSteuernagel
Simulacradeorumversusornamentaaedium.Thestatusofdivine
imagesinthetemplesofRome..................................... 257
SylviaEstienne
Thededicationofcultstatuesatthealtar.ARomanpictorial
formulafortheintroductionofnewcults.......................... 273
KatjaMoede
Ornamenta,monumenta,exempla.Greekimagesofgodsinthe
publicspacesofConstantinople.................................... 289
AlessandraBravi
Bibliography ........................................................... 303
Indexofpassagescited................................................. 361
Subjectindex........................................................... 367
Figures ................................................................. 387
FOREWORD
Thepresentvolumederivesfromtheconference“ImagesofGods-Images
forGods”,whichIorganisedattheUniversityofErfurtinJune.The
basicgoalofthecolloquiumwastobringtogetherscholarsfromvarious
disciplines, nations, and scholarly traditions in order to explore icono-
graphic,iconologic,contextual,andmethodologicalquestionsassociated
with divine images in Greek and Roman antiquity. The conference was
made possible by the generous financial support of the Gerda Henkel
Foundation.IamalsothankfultotheMax-Weber-KollegattheUniver-
sityofErfurtforcordiallyhostingthecolloquium.Withouttheencour-
agementofmyformercolleagueJörgRüpketheconferencewouldhave
simply remained a nice idea. I am deeply indebted to him for his con-
tinuous advice and support. Diana Püschel, Gudrun Lichotka, Solveig
Hoppe,andMartinHohmannalsoprovidedinvaluablehelpduringthe
preparationandtheactualstagingoftheconference.
The idea of publishing the papers was embraced immediately by al-
mostalltheparticipantsoftheconferencetowhomIamverygrateful.I
amalsoindebtedtoMiletteGaifmanandFritzBlakolmerfortheirwill-
ingnesstocontributearticles,eveniftheydidnotparticipateintheErfurt
conference.Iamprofoundlythankfultoallcontributors,onlyoneofwho
isanativespeaker,foragreeinguponastrictlymonolingualpublication
inEnglish.SusannahEdmondsstoicallymasteredtheunthankfultaskof
thepapers’correction,andoncemorethegenerousGerdaHenkelFoun-
dation stepped in as a sponsor. I was able to finish the bibliographical
unificationoftheindividualcontributions,thecheckingofthefootnotes,
and further editorial responsibilities in a relatively timely manner only
thanks to thefact that, duringtheacademic year /,I enjoyed
thebenefitofafellowshipattheHarvardCenterforHellenicStudiesin
WashingtonDC.IamextremelygratefultothedirectorsoftheCenter,
GregNagyandDouglasFrame,forgivingmetheopportunitytoworkin
suchaninspiringenvironment.
Shortly after the conference, I approached Henk Versnel about pub-
lishing the papers of the Erfurt conference in the series “Religions in
the Graeco-Roman World”. Ever since our first discussion in Heidel-
berg,HenkVersnelhasbeenexceptionallysupportiveofthispublication,
andthevolumeprofitedenormouslyfromhisscrutinising,constructive
viii foreword
criticalremarks.IalsoowemuchgratitudetoBrill’sanonymousinternal
and external reviewers who decisively contributed to the refinement of
thevolume.Thefinalpublicationwassomewhatdelayedowingtoamajor
relocation in early autumn , and I am indebted to Brill’s editorial
teamfortheirpatienceandunderstanding.
AtColumbiaUniversity,Iconsidermyselffortunatetohavearesearch
assistant as diligent, productive, and open-minded as SeungJung Kim.
Thedetailedindex,anindispensablepartofanyscholarlypublication,is
entirelytheresultofherwork.
JoannisMylonopoulos
NewYork,April
AUTHORS
Fritz Blakolmer is Associate Professor at the Institute of Classical
ArchaeologyattheUniversityofVienna,whereheteachesMinoanand
Mycenaean Archaeology. His main research interests are the arts of
the Aegean Bronze Age (especially wall-painting and relief art), the
history of research, colour and its significance in antiquity, and tomb
forms of Classical Lykia. He has published widely on all these topics.
He is currently finishing a monograph entitled Minoisch-mykenische
Reliefkunst.GrundlageneinerfrühägäischenKunstgeschichte.
Alessandra Bravi is a research fellow at the Institute of Classical Ar-
chaeology at Heidelberg University. Her interests focus on the percep-
tion of works of art in the Roman and Byzantine world (Die Bilderwelt
Konstantinopels: Dasdecorum und diePräsenz klassischer Bildewerkein
öffentlichenGebäudenim.–.Jh.n.Chr.),imagesandcivicidentityin
RomanAsiaMinor,andtheculturalidentityoftheJewishcommunities
intheDiaspora.HerbookDecorumesensopraticodell’arte.Operegreche
neglispazipubblicidiRomaisabouttobepublished.
GunnelEkrothisaResearchFellowattheDepartmentofArchaeology
and Classical Studies at Stockholm University. She is the author of The
SacrificialRitualsofGreekHero-Cults()andofnumerouspaperson
variousaspectsofhero-cults.Shehasalsoworkedontheshapesanduses
ofaltars,thetreatmentofblood,thedivisionofmeat,andthehandling
of bones at animal sacrifice. She is currently preparing a study of the
practicalaspectsofGreeksacrificialritual.
SylviaEstienneisAssistantProfessorattheDepartmentofHistoryat
theÉcoleNormaleSupérieure(Paris).Herresearchinterestsfocusonthe
roleoftheimagesofthegodsintheRomancult,especiallyontherelation
between images and ritual practices. Her current research includes the
studyoftheRomantemples’organisationandtherelationbetweenimage
andreligion.Sheco-editedthevolumeImage etreligiondansl’antiquité
gréco-romaine().