Das Odeion im Artemision von Ephesos (original) (raw)

Sterbende Amazonen. Die eigenartige Weihung im ephesischen Artemision

Athenische Mitteilungen, 2016-2017

Dying Amazons. A peculiar dedication in the Ephesian Artemision The bronze statues of wounded Amazons by Phidias, Polycletus, and Cresilas in the Ephesian sanctuary of Artemis share a common theme: in dying, they hold themshelves upright. This uncommon theme and the larger-than-life-size format of the statues clearly betrays the sculptors' intention to glorify their subjects. The theme points to the iconographic and intellectual world of classical Attica: in the 5th-century Athens, we find two contrary views of war and enemies. On the one hand, one must fight for Athens, just as epitaphioi called on citizens to do so. On the other hand, Aeschylus' Persians elevates the suffering of the Persians to a general human phenomenon; in the Agamemnon, Aeschylus stresses the shared guilt of both adversaries in wartime. Sush ideas, which are ref;ected in vase paintings and in Polygnotus' paintings of "conquered Troy", provide the context for the Ephesian statutes of the mythical arch-enemies of Athens: the female warriors, defeated and Attic artworks from the Classical Period, depict "concious dying". No political symbolism can be detected in the statues of the Amazons; they can only have been the dedication of a wealthy individual.

Rez. zu: S. Gogos, Odeia von Athen.doc

Gogos, Savas: Die antiken Odeia von Athen (Phoibos Humanities Series 3). 110 S., 114 S/W-Abb. und Pläne; 29,7 x 21 cm. ISBN 978-3-85161-129-8, 45 €. (Phoibos Verlag, Wien 2015)

Neue Inschriften zum Artemision von Ephesos II: Hellenistische Dekrete

Philia, 2021

The Hellensitic decrees from Ephesos were originally displayed within the temenos of Artemis Ephesia and can therefore be used as a kind of epigraphic index fossil for the reconstruction of spoliation processes in antiquity as well as thereafter. In this article new fragmentary decrees are published. The block carrying these inscriptions was found 1955 in the so-called Byzantine Palace where it was re-used as the base for a column. Although the inscriptions on the bottom of the base were already published in 1960, the fragmentary text on the moulding has hitherto not been edited. As a consequence, the block could not be recognized as that of the ante of a building situated within the temenos of Artemis that has still to be identified.

Der Eroten-/Satyrfries vom Theater in Ephesos

Während der ersten Grabungsjahre österreichischer Archäologen in Ephesosseit 1895konzentrierten sich die Arbeiten vornehmlich auf wenige Monumente, wie das Hafengymnasium und das antike Theater; Ruinen, die teilweise immer über der Erde sichtbar gewesen sind und lange bekannt waren. Im Theater von Ephesos hatte bereits John Turtle Wood in den 60 er Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts gearbeitet und einzelne Funde nach London ins British Museum gebracht 1 .