Funeral Games in Greek Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4977611 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn E Roller (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 107-119 |
| Publication date | 1981-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/505030 |
| OpenAlex | W2316832640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 7 |
The funeral games held for Patroklos and for Pelias were represented in Greek art for the first time in the early sixth century B. C. They rapidly became popular subjects and appear on a number of monuments from the second quarter of the sixth century. The popularity of these two sets of games can be traced in part to well known literary accounts which describe them, but since the visual representations of the games differ quite noticeably from the written versions and also from each other, it is unlikely that the literary treatments formed the only source for the artistic representations. Many of the depictions of these contests can be connected with the north-eastern Peloponnesos, perhaps because the subject was first represented in Greek art there, although the variations in the individual scenes are great enough to preclude the assumption that these depictions were based on a single prototype. Another reason for the interest in the funeral games of Greek myth may have been the foundation of three Panhellenic athletic festivals, the Pythian, Isthmian and Nemean Games, during this same period. Because each of these festivals was believed to have originated as an athletic contest in the heroic past, their establishment may have drawn attention to the epic tradition of Greek athletics and to the outstanding performances of the heroes who participated in the funerary contests of Greek legend
Aesthetics · Ancient Greek · Art · CONTEST · EPIC · Greek art · Legend · Literature · Mythology · Period (music · Popularity · Quarter (Canadian coin · Subject (documents · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2021 (35) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |