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Aphrodisias : result of the excavations at Aphrodisias in Caria conducted by New York University. IV. The mythological reliefs from the area of the Agora Gate / P. Linant de Bellefonds
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Publication: Mainz : P. von Zabern, 2009 Description: 1 vol. (XII-129 p.-67 p. de pl.) : ill. ; 32 cmISBN: 978-3-8053-4093-9.Langue: Anglais Auteur principal: Linant de Bellefonds, Pascale, 19..-.... Résumé: The present volume is the first full publication of a series of mythological reliefs of the later second century AD that were discovered in 1975-88 in the area of the so-called Agora Gate, a monumental Antonine façade which closed one end of the South Agora. The reliefs formed part of the spolia decoration of a late antique nymphaeum that was built in front of this façade in the fifth century AD. They clearly came from the same ensemble as another series of reliefs that were discovered in 1904, also re-used in a late antique fountain, and are now in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul. These reliefs are also included in this study. Emphasis is placed on the iconography and local meaning of mythological scenes from the Hellenistic repertoire in a Greek city of the Roman Empire. (Source : éditeur).Mots libres: scène pastorale . Item type: Ouvrage

Abrév. bibliogr. p. XI-XII. Index p. 128-129

The present volume is the first full publication of a series of mythological reliefs of the later second century AD that were discovered in 1975-88 in the area of the so-called Agora Gate, a monumental Antonine façade which closed one end of the South Agora. The reliefs formed part of the spolia decoration of a late antique nymphaeum that was built in front of this façade in the fifth century AD. They clearly came from the same ensemble as another series of reliefs that were discovered in 1904, also re-used in a late antique fountain, and are now in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul. These reliefs are also included in this study. Emphasis is placed on the iconography and local meaning of mythological scenes from the Hellenistic repertoire in a Greek city of the Roman Empire.
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