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Auteur(s) : Salapata, Gina
Titre(s) : Heroic offerings [Texte imprimé] : the terracotta plaques from the Spartan sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra / Gina Salapata
Publication : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2014
Description matérielle : viii, 393 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Comprend : The Sanctuary at Agia Paraskevi, Amyklai ; The Cult Recipients ; The Terracotta
Plaques : Life Cycle and Classification ; Plaques with Seated Figures : Typological
Analysis ; Plaques with Seated Figures : Iconography ; Plaques with Standing Figures,
Riders, Warriors, Banqueters, and Miscellaneous Subjects ; Votive Plaques and Hero
Cult ; Conclusion ; Catalogue ; Appendix 1: Findspots of Lakonian and Messenian
Plaques ; Appendix 2: Lakonian Stone Reliefs with Seated Figures.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-385) and index
"Heroic Offerings sheds light on the study of religion in Sparta, one of Greece's
most powerful city-states and the long-term rival of Athens. Sparta's history is well
known, but its archaeology has been much less satisfactorily explored. Through the
comprehensive study of a distinctive class of terracotta votive offerings from a specific
sanctuary, Gina Salapata explores both coroplastic art and regional religion. By integrating
archaeological, historical, literary, and epigraphic sources, she provides important
insights into the heroic cults of Lakonia and contributes to an understanding of the
political and social functions of local ritual practice.This volume focuses on a large
group of decorated terracotta plaques, from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. These
molded plaques were discovered with other offerings in a sanctuary deposit excavated
near Sparta more than fifty years ago, but they have remained unpublished until now.
They number over 1,500 complete and fragmentary pieces. In technique, style, and iconography
they form a homogeneous group unlike any other from mainland Greece. The large number
of plaques and variety of types reveal a stable and vigorous coroplastic tradition
in Lakonia during the late Archaic and Classical period. Heroic Offerings will be
of interest to students and scholars of Greek history, art, and archaeology, to those
interested in ancient religious practice in the Mediterranean, and to all inspired
by Athens' chief political rival, Sparta. This volume received financial support from
the Archaeological Institute of America"
Sujet(s) : Agamemnon (mythologie grecque)
Cassandre (mythologie grecque)
Terres cuites antiques -- Laconie (Grèce) -- Antiquité
Héros (personnes) -- Culte -- Laconie (Grèce) -- Antiquité
Ex-voto -- Laconie (Grèce) -- Antiquité
Vie religieuse -- Sparte (Grèce ; ville ancienne)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780472119165 (hardback) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0472119168 (hardback) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 9780472029860 (erroné) (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44306386c
Notice n° :
FRBNF44306386
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