“Visiting Gods” Revisited. Aphrodite Visiting Artemis, or Bride

Bibliographic Data

ID20041449
AuthorsArthur Muller (0000-0002-9744-9490, French School at Athens, corresponding author)
Year2019
Pages251-258
Publication date2019-04-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueHellenistic and Roman Terracottas (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004384835_019
OpenAlexW4245445400
ISBN9789004384835
LanguageEN
Citations received5

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

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Parallels · Reinterpretation · Terracotta · Visitor pattern · Visual arts · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Engineering · History

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