Neer Chapters 9-10 Flashcards
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Karaburun, Lycia [Izmir], Tomb II: main wall. Fresco; c. 470 BCE. A nobleman reclines on a couch, one arm propped on pillows, and gestures towards an attendant (not shown).
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Paestum: Tomb of the Diver. Fresco; c. 470-460 BCE. A – Ceiling: the Diver; B – side wall: drinking party (symposion). At right, two lovers embrace, one holding a lyre. At center, another couple; one man seems distracted by his affectionate comrades. At left, a single man raises his cup.
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Syracuse, Temple of Athena. Limestone; c. 470 BCE. The spaces between the Doric columns have been walled in, transforming the temple into a church; the triglyphs and metopes are still clearly visible.
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Agrigento (Sicily), Temple of Olympian Zeus, 5th century BCE: model and plan.
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City plan of Agrigento (Akragas) in the 5th century BCE. The town’s citadel is to the northeast; the sea is a short distance to the south.
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Naxos in Sicily, plan of the Classical city with the older streets marked in blue.
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Four-drachma coin of Sicilian Naxos. Silver; c. 460 BCE. Front: head of Dionysos; back: satyr with wine cup.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: plan and sculptural program. Before 457 BCE.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: Metopes 7 to 12 (east porch). Before 457 BCE. The Labors of Herakles: Erymanthean boar; horses of Diomedes; cattle of Geryon; Apples of the Hesperides; Cerberus; Augean stables.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: Metope 3. Marble; before 457 BCE. From the west porch: Herakles bringing the Symphalian birds to Athena.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: Metope 10. Marble; before 457 BCE. From the east porch: Herakles holds up the sky with Athena’s help, as Atlas brings him the Apples of the Hesperides.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: pediments. Marble; before 457 BCE. A – east pediment: preparations for the race of Pelops and Oinomaos; B – west pediment: battle of Lapiths and Centaurs.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: central group of the east pediment. Marble; before 457 BCE. Exact arrangement of the figures is controversial.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: corner figure from the east pediment. Marble; before 457 BCE. Believed to represent one of the two rivers that flow past the sanctuary.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: west pediment. Marble; before 457 BCE. Lapith woman fending off a centaur.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: west pediment. Marble; before 457 BCE. Apollo.
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus: east pediment. Marble; before 457 BCE. A seer gazes in wonder at Zeus.
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Selinous, Temple E: metopes. Limestone and marble; c. 450 BCE. Left – Hera seducing Zeus. B – Artemis killing Aktaion with his own hounds.
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Architectural relief, probably from the Temple of Aphrodite at Lokri-on-the-West (The Ludovisi Throne). Marble; c. 470 BCE. Above – birth of Aphrodite from the sea; left – flute girl; right – woman burning incense.
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Votive plaque from the sanctuary of Persephone at Lokri-on-the-West. Terracotta; c. 470 BCE. Goddess with wonder-child in a basket.
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The Delphi Charioteer, a dedication by Polyzalos of Gela from the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. Bronze; c. 475-466 BCE.
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Victor statue from Motya, perhaps originally from Selinous. Marble; c. 450 BCE. Usually said to be a charioteer, but the costume more closely resembles those of musicians, actors, and reciters of poetry.
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Seated goddess from Taras (Taranto). Marble; c. 460 BCE. Compare 6.2, 6.21, 6.27.
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Zeus from the sea off Cape Artemision in Greece: profile. Attic; bronze; c. 470 BCE. Pose is an updated version of the “smiting god.” Compare 8.2.
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Zeus from the sea off Cape Artemision in Greece: three-quarters view. Attic; bronze; c. 470 BCE.
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Roman version of the Spear Bearer of Polykleitos. Marble, after a bronze original of c. 460 BCE.
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Warriors A (left) and B (right) from the sea off Riace Marina in southern Italy. Argive; bronze with copper, silver and ivory. Both figures originally held swords and shields.
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Figurine of a satyr with a drinking horn. Bronze; c. 480-450 BCE.
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Lakonian black-figure cup fragment. Ceramic; c. 510 BCE. The nymph Cyrene puts a lion in a headlock.
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Lakonian black-figure cup, interior view, from the Etruscan town of Vulci. Ceramic; c. 560 BCE. King Arkesilas of Cyrene supervising the weighing of silphium. The king sits at left, the scales are at right; men carry bales of silphium.
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Cyrene, city plan in the Greek period.
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Euesperides, Libya: Cretan-style house. Compare 4.4, 13.7-13.9.
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Cyrene, agora. Above – plan in the 5th century BCE; blue tints represent areas that were built up in later periods. Left – tomb of Battos as it appears today. Compare 10.25.
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Cyrene, sanctuary of Apollo from the northeast. Temple is in the middle distance, theater in the background; in the cliff face was the sacred spring of Cyrene; hill at upper left is the city’s citadel.
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Monument of Apollo Karneios in the sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene. Late 4th-early 3rd century BCE. An upright column springs from a base of leaves, with lions to either side.
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Cyrene, Temple of Zeus Ammon. Limestone; early 5th century BCE. Heavily restored in the 20th century. Sanctuary of Zeus Ammon was originally outside the city walls; later expansion of the city incorporated it within them.
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Four-drachma coin of Cyrene. Silver; c. 430-390 BCE. Front: head of Zeus Ammon, with ram’s horns. Back: silphium.
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Cyrene, sanctuary of Demeter and Kore from the southeast. In the background is the ravine separating the sanctuary from the city, with Cyrene’s acropolis rising behind it.
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Kore buried near the sanctuary of Zeus Ammon at Cyrene. Marble; c. 560-550 BCE. Probably from the Cyclades.
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Pillar goddess from a cemetery at Cyrene. Marble; 4th century BCE.
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Paestum and surrounding region. The river Sele at the north marked the border with Etruscan territory.
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Paestum, city plan showing the main zones. The temples in the sacred (blue) zones are aligned with one another, but not with the street grid.
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Paestum, Temple of Zeus or Poseidon in the southern sacred zone. Limestone; 450s BCE.
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Paestum, Temple of Hera (“Basilica”). Limestone; c. 550-520 BCE. Above –plans showing modifications during construction. Below – the temple today.
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Paestum, Temple of Hera, detail of columns showing entasis (visual trick in the curve of a column to make it appear straight from the ground).
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Seated deity from the southern sacred zone of Paestum. Terracotta; c. 530-520 BCE. God’s identity is uncertain, since it is unknown what he held in his hands; probably Zeus or Poseidon.
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Foce del Sele, sanctuary of Hera, metopes. Limestone; c. 560-550 BCE. Above – suicide of Ajax. Below – Sisyphus in Hades, with spirits at his back: a notorious trickster, Sisyphus was condemned to spend eternity pushing a boulder up a hillside, only to watch it roll down to the bottom each time he reached the top.
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Paestum, Temple of Athena. Limestone; c. 510-500 BCE. View of the temple today from the northeast.
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Paestum, hero shrine in the agora; c. 510-500 BCE. Compare 10.6.
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Water jar (hydria) form the hero shrine at Paestum. Bronze; later 6th century BCE. Probably made at Sybaris in southern Italy. Five more similar vessels were found in the empty \tomb.
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Greek assembly spaces of the 6th and 5th centuries BCE. Left – comparative plans, showing the range in size from the very small (Paestum) to the very large (Athens). Below – the assembly space in the Paestum agora.
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Paestum, Tomb of the Diver, drawing: c. 470-460 BCE. See 9.2 a, b.
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Wall painting from a tomb near Paestum. Fresco; c. 380-370 BCE. A warrior in Lucanian armor returns home on horseback.
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Paestan red-figure bell krater signed by Python. Ceramic; c. 330 BCE. Alkmene on her pyre. Dramatic change in styles over time.
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Paestan red-figure calyx krater signed by Asteas. Ceramic; c. 330. Scene from a comedy: thieves robbing a miser.
