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A tripod ‘worth seeing’ in the Olympieion at Athens (Paus. 1.18.8)
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dc.contributor.author | Martens, Brian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-10T11:30:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-10T11:30:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-08-07 | |
dc.identifier | 290390224 | |
dc.identifier | b00d51b7-73f0-4621-bdaf-c9033c11a83e | |
dc.identifier | 85167874764 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Martens , B 2023 , ' A tripod ‘worth seeing’ in the Olympieion at Athens (Paus. 1.18.8) ' , Journal of Roman Studies , vol. 113 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075435823000618 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0075-4358 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0009-0005-0983-5308/work/157140799 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/28138 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study proposes a new reconstruction of the tripod that Pausanias (1.18.8) recorded in the Olympieion at Athens. According to his brief description, the bronze tripod was supported by Persians made from Phrygian marble. A sculptor's sketch found during the excavations of the Athenian Agora is identified as a representation of that monument. The sketch, carved from poros limestone, depicts a standing male figure dressed in eastern attire supporting the foot of a tripod. The figural type finds its closest parallels among the colossal statues from the Forum of Trajan in Rome, suggesting a new date and context for the monument in the Olympieion. The scenario favoured here is that the tripod was dedicated following Trajan's victories in Parthia, perhaps completed or commissioned by Hadrian. Cassius Dio (68.17.2) records that Trajan departed for his Parthian campaigns from Athens, where memories of Persian defeat were actively curated. | |
dc.format.extent | 33 | |
dc.format.extent | 1793447 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Roman Studies | en |
dc.subject | Trajan | en |
dc.subject | Hadrian | en |
dc.subject | Olympieion | en |
dc.subject | Athens | en |
dc.subject | Persia and Parthia | en |
dc.subject | Tripod | en |
dc.subject | Sculptors' sketches and models | en |
dc.subject | Pavonazzetto | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.title | A tripod ‘worth seeing’ in the Olympieion at Athens (Paus. 1.18.8) | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Classics | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075435823000618 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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