Stewart Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
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The Tazza Farnese, 150 BCE. Sardonix bowl, Ptolemaic invention of the cameo. Nile/Osiris River to the left and Euthenia and a Sphinx watch Horus appear with a bag, knife, and plough, as the seasons look on; a gorgon.
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Queen Kleopatra VII Philopator Thea of Egypt (51-30 BCE). Idealized as Aphrodite and Arsinoei II. Would have been attached to statue.
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Alexander’s successor kingdoms. Antigonid Macedon, Seleucid Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt. Dominated through ca. 200 BC.
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Temple of Athena, Priene (Anatolia). Designed in 340s, completed 1st century BC. Ionian renaissance in architecture. Had replica of Athena Parthenos statue.
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Reconstruction of Priene. Grid plan laid out ca. 350 BC along a central agora and major buildings.
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Venus de Milo, ca. 150-100 BCE. Over-life-size statue from the gymnasium on Melos. Praxitelean head and torso and Hellenistic pose and drapery.
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Laokoon, from Rhodes, ca. 50 BC. Tried to warn the Trojans about the Wooden Horse – Poseidon sends snakes to kill him. Marble.
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Dedicatory inscription from Temple of Athena at Priene from Alexander the Great; probably to expedite construction.
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Epigram collection of Poseidippos of Pella, papyrus from Egypt, ca. 200. Was reused to wrap a mummy. Poetic epigrams.
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City block and house at Priene, ca. 300. Democratic arrangement of houses. Pastas/prostas styles; rich decorations.
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Citadel at Pergamon, looking towards theater and terraces.
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Model of the citadel at Pergamon ca. AD 200. All Hellenistic except temple of Trajan ca. 100 AD and Roman temple of Dionysos below it. Shows Great Altar and other temples.
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Propylon of King Eumenes II, from the citadel at Pergamon. Built c. 188 AD. Doric below and Ionic above.
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The Unswept Floor, Roman version of 2nd-century mosaic from Pergamon by Sosos. Probably from an andron. Meant to be realistic/humorous.
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Reconstruction of Alexandria looking west down the Canopic Way to the western gate and cemeteries beyond. Temple of Sarapis at left; Lake Mareotis beyond. Commercial harbor; causeway to Pharos Island and great lighthouse.
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Treasury at Petra. Corinthian temple-tomb carved out of cliff, probably mid-1st century AD for Nabatean King Aretas IV Philopatris. Alexandrian, baroque style.
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Reconstruction of Babylon looking south. Euphrates; ziggurat (Tower of Babel), temple of Bel-Marduk. Restored in the third century by the Seleucids. Ishtar Gate at lower left. Alexander’s imperial capital in 331 BC.
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Reconstruction of Ai Khanoum. Theater, street, propylon (gatehouse), temple court, Niche Temple.
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The Niche Temple at Ai Khanoum, ca. 300-145 BC. Mudbrick; Iranian style; Greek style details. Cult statue, probably of Zeus Mithras. Rich finds from inside.
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“Schwartzenberg” Alexander,” from Tivoli (near Rome). Probably replica from a herm. Copy of Lysippos’ bronze original of ca. 330 BC. Leonine appearance.
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Perikles (ca. 494-329 BC) inscribed Roman herm from Tivoli (near Rome). Copy of a bronze, full-length portrait by Kresilas dedicated on the acropolis. Idealized, mature imagery, cf. Alexander as youthful and dynamic.
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Alexander Thunderbolt-Bearer, Hellenistic engraved cornelian gemstone, signed by Neisos. References painting from Ephesus dedicated by Alexander.
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Egyptian sandstone relief from the Shrine of the Bark in the Luxor Temple, ca. 325 BC. Alexander meets Amun-Ra.
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King Seleukos I Nikator of Syria (ca. 358-381 BCE). Roman Bronze bust (originally set on a herm shaft) from Herculaneum. Copies a bronze original of ca. 300-280 BCE. Leonine appearance.
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Silver tetradrachma of King Demetrios Poliorketes (the Besieger) of Macedon (337-283 BC), ca. 290. Poseidon’s bullhorns in head; Poseidon on the reverse.
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Demetrios Poliorketes, Roman marble bust from Herculaneum. Originally set on a herm shaft. Copies a full-length bronze of ca. 300-285. Youthfully handsome, resemblance to Alexander. Poseidon’s bullhorns in head.
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Engraved lapis lazuli seal-stone of Perseus (221-166), king of Macedon, in the guise of the mythical Perseus with scimitar in background. Beard.
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Ptolemy II Philadelphos (309-246), king of Egypt, and sister-wife Arsinoe II, bronze statuettes from Alexandria. Ptolemy references Alexander; Arsione references good fortune.
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Philetairos of Pergamon, the city’s first ruler (ca. 343-263), Roman marble bust from Herculaneum. Originally set in herm shaft.
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King Attalos I of Pergamon (269-197), marble portrait from Pergamon. Carved after he proclaimed himself king in 237. Heat cuttings for diadem and later, a stone wig.
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King Attalos I of Pergamon, later makeover with stone wig, probably after victories in the 220s. More dramatic, connection to Seleukids.
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Gold 20-stater (40-drachma) coin of King Eukratides the Great of Bactria, 172-145 BC. Re-conquered much of India. Macedonian garb and bull’s horn and ear. Castor and Pollux on reverse.
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Silver tetradrachmas of Mithradates III of Pontos (ca. 200-185 BC) and Mithradates VI (ca. 120-63 BC). Stress on non-Greek ethnicity and thoughtfulness.
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Silver tetradrachma of Demetrios Poliorketes, ca. 300 BC. Nike blowing a trumpet and holding a naval standard on the deck of a captured warship. Minted at Salamis in Cyprus.
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Reconstruction of the frescoes of the great hall of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Italy, ca. 50-30 BC.
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Macedonia lords it over Asia, panel 2 from the west wall of the great hall at Boscoreale, ca. 50-30 BC.
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Suicidal Celt and dying Celtic trumpeter, over-life-size marble copies from Rome. Suicidal Celt – stabbed his wife and now himself. Trumpeter – dying from a wound in his right side. Copies Hellenistic bronzes of ca. 230-180 BC.
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Head of the Dying Celt (trumpeter).
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Dead Giant, Amazon (Hippolyta?), Persian, and dying Celt, marble copies from Rome of two-thirds-life-size bronzes on the Athenian acropolis, dedicated around 200 BC. From monument showing various battles.
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Fallen Celt also copied from the monument on the Athenian acropolis of battles and dying peoples, dedicated around 200 BC.
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Fallen Celt from the Agora of the Italians at Delos, ca. 100 BC. Originally fully gilded and painted. Possibly commemorating victory over the Celts.
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Nike of Samothrace, ca. 250-150, landing on a warship. Gradually restored. Unclear context.
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Reconstruction of the altar and temple of Athena at Priene. Designed in the 340s BC. Ionian architectural renaissance. Rigorous proportions.
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Temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens, ca. 175 BC (columns, capitals, and architraves), with some later updates. Marble.
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Column and capital from the temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens, ca. 175 BC with later updates. Slim Corinthian columns.
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Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian Agora. Donated by King Attalos II of Pergamon ca. 150 BC. Doric below, ionic above.
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Lower colonnade from Stoa of Attalos, ca. 150 BC. Shops and offices behind two rows of columns.
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Possibly King Ariarathes V Eusebes Philopator (Pious and father-loving) of Cappadocia (ca. 163-130). Marble portrait from Athenian acropolis. Leonine hair, Alexander resemblance, feminine (Dionysiac?) appearance.
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Reconstruction of port of Delos ca. 100. Agora of the Competaliasts; Macedonian and Pergamene stoas; sanctuary of Apollo; Agora of the Italians.
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Plan of the so-called Agora of the Italians on Delos, ca. 120-69 BC. Central courtyard (park? Porticus?) surrounded by booths, niches, baths, etc. Shops facing outwards on two sides.
