The Sculptural Poetics of Euripides' Ion
Reflections of Art, Myth, and Cult from the Parthenon to the Attic Stage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9858435 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jones Jones (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 727 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-098X • E-ISSN: 1553-5622 |
| Publisher | American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2972/hesperia.88.4.0727 |
| OpenAlex | W2991067317 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
Ion, as the son of Apollo, was an object of myth and cult before Euripides composed the Ion in the late 5th century B.C. This article offers an expanded analysis of the play's associations with religious traditions and art, arguing that its original performance cultivated a Pheidian aesthetic that made progressive allusions to sculpture and culminated in an evocation of the imperial Panathenaia. The play also quoted the Parthenon's east frieze, including the depiction there of the peplos ritual. An analysis of related vase painting corroborates this reading and suggests that a comparable mixture of Ionian and Erechtheid mytho-religious iconography was an intentional component of the Parthenon's visual program from its beginnings
Ancient history · Apollo · Art · Art history · Cult · Depiction · Evocation · Frieze · Iconography · Literature · Mythology · Painting · Poetics · Poetry · Sculpture · Visual arts · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · History
Catastrophe survived
Homo necans
Gender and sexuality
Reading Greek Tragedy
The Akroteria of the Temple of Athena Nike
The Akroteria of the Nike Temple
Euripides and the Full Circle of Myth
On the Date of Euripides' Ion
A further allusion in the Eumenides to the Panathenaia
Earthborns and Olympians
Die Geburt der Aphrodite
The Masks of Tragedy
Euripides' Ion 1132–1165
The Athenian Acropolis
The Fabric of the City
Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity
Apollo Palatinus
Euripidean Drama
The Temple and Cult of Apollo Patroos in Athens
The Gods of the East Frieze of the Parthenon
Observations on the East Metopes of the Parthenon
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |