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Goddesses of Akragas : A Study of Terracotta Votive Figurines from Sicily.
The terracotta figurines from Akragas (Agrigento) with their chubby faces, splendid furniture, and rich adornments, depict a prosperous life in the late sixth and early fifth century BCE. The extensive jewellery on the figurines contains strikingly large fibulae appliques fastening pectoral chains w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Sidestone Press,
2021.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- List of figures with references
- Akragantine figurines and their context
- I.1 Introduction
- I.2 State of research
- I.2.a Identifying the figurine and the dedicants
- I.2.b Proving literature right by the archaeological material
- I.2.b.i Cult transfer and a prototype reconstruction
- I.2.c Athena Lindia? Rhodian and Sicilian figurines compared
- I.2.d Other views on identification and origin
- I.2.e Oikist cult and cultural identity formation
- I.2.f Intermarriage and gender
- I.3 Aims and research questions
- I.4 Method and archaeological theory
- I.5 Research structure
- I.6 Greek historiography on Sicily - some general remarks
- I.6.a Mythical past
- I.6.b Political setting
- I.6.b.i The perception of ancient authors
- I.6.b.ii Sicily in the account of Thucydides
- I.6.b.iii The foundation of Gelas and Akragas
- I.6.b.iii.1 Gelas
- I.6.b.iii.2 Herodotus on Gelas
- I.6.b.iii.3 Akragas
- I.6.b.iii.4 Herodotus on Theron of Akragas
- I.6.c Social and economic setting
- I.6.c.i Diversity among the inhabitants of Sicily
- I.6.c.ii Phoenicians
- I.6.c.iii Prosperity of Akragas
- I.6.d Religious setting
- I.6.d.i Demeter and Persephone on Sicily
- I.6.d.ii Temple building and politics
- I.6.e Conclusions on the ancient literary sources
- Iconography of the figurines
- II.1 Introduction
- II.2 Aims
- II.3 Method
- II.4 The body
- II.4.a The local tradition
- I.4.a.i Arms and feet
- II.4.b Imported and imitated images
- II.4.c Upright
- II.4.d From wood to terracotta
- II.4.e An aniconic tradition
- II.4.f Gender
- II.4.g Practical implications of the figurines' form
- II.4.h The form of the figurines and their role as votives
- II.5 Head and face
- II.5.a General shape and expression of the face
- II.5.b A personal expression
- II.5.c Cultural influences
- II.5.c.i Noses
- II.5.c.ii Mouth and chin
- II.5.c.iii Eyes
- II.5.c.iv Ears
- II.5.c.v Hair
- II.5.d Gender
- II.6 Dress and personal adornment
- II.6.a The apron
- II.6.b Non-Sicilian garments
- II.6.b.i The undergarment
- II.6.c Cultic dress
- II.6.d Footwear
- II.6.e Headgear
- II.6.e.i Veil
- II.6.e.ii Polos
- II.6.e.iii The meaning of the polos and veil
- II.6.e.iii The headdress as an indication of marital status
- II.6.f Fibulae
- II.6.f.i Interpretation and comparison with real-life objects
- II.6.g Pectoral bands and pendants
- II.6.g.i Akragantine pendants
- II.6.h.ii Linked to the locals: pectoral bands
- II.6.h.iii Discs and crescents
- II.6.h.iv Figurative pendants
- II.6.h.v Other beads and pendants with their real-life counterparts from other sites
- II.6.h.vi Comparison with other cultures
- II.6.h.vii Cultural exchange
- II.6.h.viii Function and meaning
- II.6.h Other jewellery
- II.6.h.i Ear studs and earrings
- II.6.h.ii Bracelets
- II.6.h.iii Necklaces and hairbands