Divine Images and Human Imaginations in Ancient Greece and Rome PDF
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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 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData DivineimagesandhumanimaginationsinAncientGreeceandRome/editedbyJoannis Mylonopoulos. p.cm.–(ReligionsintheGraeco-Romanworld,ISSN0927-7633;v.170) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindexes. ISBN978-90-04-17930-1(hardback:alk.paper) 1.Greece–Religion.2.Rome–Religion.3.Divineimagesandcultstatues–Greece.4.Divine imagesandcultstatues–Rome.I.Mylonopoulos,Joannis.II.Title.III.Series. BL785.D582010 292.2'18–dc22 2009041612 ISSN 0927-7633 ISBN 9789004179301 Copyright2010byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishers,MartinusNijhoffPublishersandVSP. 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Feesaresubjecttochange. printedinthenetherlands 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().
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