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Among ancient Greek deities, none has enjoyed as rich a life as Athena - goddess of war, wisdom and the arts - and she continues to fascinate and challenge today. This volume sheds light on the goddess more comprehensively than has previously been attempted. It brings together the latest research, centring on Greek and Roman religion, literature and archaeology, yet also encompassing ancient Near Eastern, Indo-European, and modern interpretations. Cults and myths are explored, as are political, social, and gendered roles, and art historical and etymological developments. Recurrent themes are investigated, as are the many dividing lines and contradictory aspects which characterise representations of the goddess. The volume will enhance our understanding of Athena, and will be a source of inspiration for new ideas and interpretations for years to come.
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Athena (Greek deity) --- Cult --- Athena, --- Cult. --- Athena (Greek deity) - Art --- Athena (Greek deity) - Cult
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Athena (Greek deity) --- Athéna (divinité grecque) --- Poetry --- Poésie --- -Poetry --- Poetry. --- Athéna (divinité grecque) --- Poésie --- Athena (Greek deity) - Poetry
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Some of the loveliest works of Archaic art were the Athenian korai—sculptures of beautiful young women presenting offerings to the goddess Athena that stood on the Acropolis. Sculpted in the sixth and early fifth centuries B.C., they served as votives until Persians sacked the citadel in 480/79 B.C. Subsequently, they were buried as a group and forgotten for nearly twenty-four centuries, until archaeologists excavated them in the 1880s. Today, they are among the treasures of the Acropolis Museum. Mary Stieber takes a fresh look at the Attic korai in this book. Challenging the longstanding view that the sculptures are generic female images, she persuasively argues that they are instead highly individualized, mimetically realistic representations of Archaic young women, perhaps even portraits of real people. Marshalling a wide array of visual and literary evidence to support her claims, she shows that while the korai lack the naturalism that characterizes later Classical art, they display a wealth and realism of detail that makes it impossible to view them as generic, idealized images. This iconoclastic interpretation of the Attic korai adds a new dimension to our understanding of Archaic art and to the distinction between realism and naturalism in the art of all periods.
Korai. --- Polychromy --- Votive offerings --- Athena (Greek deity) --- Inscriptions, Greek. --- Cult. --- Athena --- Cult. --- Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
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Athena (Greek deity) --- Goddesses, Greek --- Athéna (divinité grecque) --- Déesses grecques --- Athena (Greek deity). --- Athéna (divinité grecque) --- Déesses grecques --- Athéna (Divinité grecque)
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