The West Pediment of the Parthenon

Iconography and Iconology

Ioannis Mitsios (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

154 Seiten

2025
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-72188-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Based on a holistic approach (undertaking a first-hand examination of the sculptures, fragments and the drawings with reference to the iconography, myths, cults and topography of the Acropolis) the book offers nine new identifications out of the fourteen heroic figures depicted on the west pediment of the Parthenon.

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This book offers a holistic study of the sculptures (and attributed fragments) of the west pediment of the Parthenon. For the very first time, the sculptures are examined in close relation to the drawings of the west pediment, as well as the iconography, myths, cults and topography of the Acropolis of Athens. The monograph offers nine new identifications, out of the fourteen heroic figures depicted on the west pediment of the Parthenon.

Autor

Ioannis Mitsios (Ph.D. 2018), is a Classical Archaeologist (educated in Greece and the U.K.). He is currently a Tutor of Classical Archaeology at the University of West Attica and has published widely on iconography, vase-painting, sculpture, topography and ancient Greek religion/myths with major Academic Publishers and Academic Journals (Phoenix, Revue Archéologique, Métis etc.).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; 31
• Verlagsort: Leiden
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 749 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• ISBN-10: 90-04-72188-6 / 9004721886
• ISBN-13: 978-90-04-72188-3 / 9789004721883
• Zustand: Neuware