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The so-called Seer

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TitleThe so-called Seer

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date470–457 BC

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsTemple of Zeus (Olympia, Greece)FriezesMythology, Greek, in artFigure sculpture, Greek

StatusTemple of Zeus at Olympia, east pediment

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Milette Gaifman

Description: The Art of Libation in Classical Athens

The Art of Libation in Classical Athens

Like the marble maidens that greeted pilgrims approaching the Great Altar of the Athenian Acropolis, the woman raising a phiale welcomes with her gaze (fig. 2.1). Her feminine figure stands between a youth on his horse and two men who turn their eyes toward him. The imposing carrier of libation vessels at the heart of this encounter...

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Milette Gaifman

PublisherYale University Press

Copyright© 2018 by Milette Gaifman

Related print edition pages: pp.51-85

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00126.006

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18092&redirecttoanchor=32306

Chapter subject tags:Libations in artGods, GreekPottery, GreekRites and ceremonies--Greece

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