Approaching the Ancient Artifact

617 Pages·2014·28.04 MB·English

by  Amalia Avramidou

ApproachingtheAncientArtifact

Approaching the
Ancient Artifact
Representation,Narrative,andFunction
AFestschriftinHonorofH.AlanShapiro
Editedby
AmaliaAvramidou andDeniseDemetriou
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Acknowledgements
Thisvolumehasbenefitedfromthesupportofseveralinstitutionsandmanyindivi-
duals.Wewishheretothankallofthem.
We are grateful to Mario Iozzo for planting the idea that grewinto this volume,
and for his help in the initial planning stages. We are deeply indebted to John
H. Oakley and Matthew Roller, who have been pillars of support throughout this
project; we thank them for their continuous assistance given at a moment’s notice,
advice,encouragement,andforbeingsuchwonderfulco-conspirators!
Thisvolumewouldneverhavematerializedwithoutthegenerousfinancialcon-
tributions of the Alexander Onassis Foundation in New York and the D. Robinson
Fund (The Johns Hopkins University). We express our warmest thanks to Amalia
Cosmetatou in New York, and Matthew Roller and Howard Egeth in Baltimore, for
their help in securing these subvention grants. We are also grateful to the History
DepartmentatMichiganStateUniversityforitsfinancialsupport.
Thecontributorstothisvolumehavebeensupportiveofourprojectfromthestart
andwewishtothankallofthemfortheircommitmenttoit,aswellasformanagingto
keepthisFestschriftasecretfromthehonorandforalmosttwoyears.Severalofthem
arealsoaffiliatedwithmuseumsaroundtheworldandhavegraciouslyallowedother
authors in this volume (and, sometimes, themselves!) to reproduce here images of
objects in their collections’ holdings. In addition, we would like to express our
appreciationtoallthoseofAlan’sfriendsandcolleagueswho,thoughtheywantedto
participateinthevolume,intheendwereunabletoforvariouspersonalandprofes-
sionalreasons.
Lastbutnotleast,wewishtothankAubreyCatroneatMichiganStateUniversity
for her tireless contribution to the preparation of this Festschrift, Ginnie Miller, the
AdministratoroftheClassicsDepartmentatTheJohnsHopkinsUniversity,forallof
herhelp,andtheeditorialteam–MirkoVonderstein,StellaDiedrich,HannesKaden,
and Johanna Wange, in particular – at De Gruyter, Berlin, for their interest in our
projectandtheirfriendlyassistancethroughouteverystepoftheprocess.
Collaboratingonaprojectanddoingsofromacrosscontinentsturnedouttobea
fruitful, rewarding, and enjoyable experience for both of us. We are honored to be
able to present this volume to our mentor, without whose intellectual guidance,
unflaggingsupport,andselflessteaching,neitherofuswouldbewherewearetoday.
ToAlanShapiro!

Table of Contents
AcknowledgementsV
ContributorsXI
AbbreviationsXV
AmaliaAvramidouandDeniseDemetriou
ForewordXVII
H.AlanShapiro:BibliographyXIX
MythintoArt
SarahP.Morris
HelenRe-Claimed,TroyRe-Visited:ScenesofTroyinArchaicGreekArt3
BethCohen
Polyxena’sDroppedHydria:TheEpicCycleandtheIconographyofGravityin
AthenianVasePainting15
TylerJoSmith
MythintoArt:ABlack-figureColumnKraterfromCastleAshbyattheUniversity
ofVirginia31
J. MichaelPadgett
TheSerpentintheGarden:Herakles,Ladon,andtheHydra43
HeideMommsen
ReflectionsonTriton53
ErikaSimon
HeraklesandGerasinEtruria65
RalfvondenHoff
TheseusandAithra!AForgottenFragmentandanOldProblem69
MarioIozzo
TheseusandPeriphetesbytheSabouroffPainter?77
MarcelloBarbanera
DressingtoHunt.SomeRemarksontheCalyxKraterfromtheSo-calledHouseof
C. JuliusPolybiusinPompeii91
VIII TableofContents
MichalisTiverios
Phrixos’Self-sacrificeandhis“Euphemia”105
StephanSteingräber
PhiloktetesinBrauron(Attica)andVolterra(Etruria)117
SusanRotroffandRobertLamberton
TheTombsofAmazons127
IconographyofMourning
SusanB.Matheson
TheWretchednessofOldKings141
JudithM.Barringer
AthenianStateMonumentsfortheWarDead:EvidencefromaLoutrophoros153
WendyE.Closterman
WomenasGiftGiversandGiftProducersinAncientAthenianFuneraryRitual161
MatthewRoller
Volgeinescia:OntheParadoxofPraisingWomen’sInvisibility175
DietrichBoschung
ReducedMyths:RomanAshChestswithMythologicalScenes185
JohnH.Oakley
RomanSarcophagiintheToledoMuseumofArt197
ArtandCult
MonikaTrümper
BathingintheSanctuariesofAsklepiosandApolloMaleatasatEpidauros211
OlgaPalagia
TheThreeGracesatthePanathenaia233
LinaKokkinou
HermesandtheAthenianAcropolis:HermesEnagonios(?)onaRed-figureMiniature
AmphoraofPanathenaicShapebytheBulasGroup243
TableofContents IX
NassiMalagardis
ἈναθήματαontheAthenianAcropolisandintheSanctuaryoftheNymph
(600–560 BCE):TheCaseoftheSkyphoi255
GuyHedreen
TheArtificialSculpturalImageofDionysosinAthenianVasePaintingandthe
MythologicalDiscourseofEarlyGreekLife267
AllisonSurtees
SatyrsasWomenandMaenadsasMen:TransvestitesandTransgressionin
DionysianWorship281
CourtshipScenes
DyfriWilliams
“ToDreamtheImpossibleDream”297
JeniferNeils
HareandtheDog:ErosTamed311
RobertF.Sutton
ATypeγCourtingSceneforAlan:TheSpitzerAmphoraatBrynMawrCollege319
AdrienneLezzi-Hafter
ALazyAfternoon335
NarrativeStrategies
J. RobertGuy
AMatterofStyle/WhyStyleMatters:ABirthofAthenaRevisited341
JasperGaunt
StoryandStatus:TheFrançoisVaseandtheKraterfromVix349
BettinaKreuzer
AFrameforNames:TheCaseoftheHydriaLouvreF287363
MarkD.Stansbury-O’Donnell
CompositionandNarrativeonSkyphoiofthePenelopePainter373