MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHY

MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHY

This article analyzes the so-called Messene relief, seeking to connect its iconography with the description of a hunt between Alexander the Great and Craterus recorded by Plutarch. It will be argued that the relief may have been commissioned by Craterus’ son during the first decades of the 3r...

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Main Author: THIAGO DO AMARAL BIAZOTTO
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universitat Jaume I 2021-01-01
Series:Potestas. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte
Subjects:
messene relief
hellenistic art
alexander the great
lion hunting
hunting iconography
Online Access:http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/potestas/article/view/5486/6277
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spelling doaj-25bc78a99a224fc6973244f6d3a5a4e92021-02-08T12:00:21ZdeuUniversitat Jaume IPotestas. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte1888-98672340-499X2021-01-0118729http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/Potestas.2021.18.1MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHYTHIAGO DO AMARAL BIAZOTTO0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4339-1526Universidade Estadual de CampinasThis article analyzes the so-called Messene relief, seeking to connect its iconography with the description of a hunt between Alexander the Great and Craterus recorded by Plutarch. It will be argued that the relief may have been commissioned by Craterus’ son during the first decades of the 3rd century BC, in order to legitimize his position as regent in Greece.http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/potestas/article/view/5486/6277messene reliefhellenistic artalexander the greatlion huntinghunting iconography
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MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHY
Potestas. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte
messene relief
hellenistic art
alexander the great
lion hunting
hunting iconography
author_facet THIAGO DO AMARAL BIAZOTTO
author_sort THIAGO DO AMARAL BIAZOTTO
title MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHY
title_short MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHY
title_full MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHY
title_fullStr MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHY
title_full_unstemmed MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHY
title_sort messene relief, craterus' donation at delphi and the lion hunting conography
publisher Universitat Jaume I
series Potestas. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte
issn 1888-9867
2340-499X
publishDate 2021-01-01
description This article analyzes the so-called Messene relief, seeking to connect its iconography with the description of a hunt between Alexander the Great and Craterus recorded by Plutarch. It will be argued that the relief may have been commissioned by Craterus’ son during the first decades of the 3rd century BC, in order to legitimize his position as regent in Greece.
topic messene relief
hellenistic art
alexander the great
lion hunting
hunting iconography
url http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/potestas/article/view/5486/6277
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