1.) Varvakeion Athena Statue, National Museum
This is a secondary source which can be found at the National Museum of Athens. It is the most authentic replica of the real Athena Parthenos made in the 2nd century, approximately 700 years after the original one was made. Reminiscent to the Athena Parthenos, the Varvakevion Athena Statue depicts Athena in all her glory. The goddess wore a warrior’s helmet, sleeveless robe and biblike aegis. On the palm of her right hand, stood a human-sized Nike, the goddess of victory. Athena’s left hand grasped the top of the rim of an upright shield, which stood grounded by her left leg; a giant snake coiled within the shield, and a long spear stood upright in the crook of her left arm.
This is a very useful …show more content…
It is an authentic primary source made after Homer’s Illiad was made at 500 BCE by the Sosias Painter. This source portrays the hero Achilles, bandages a wound for his friend, in a red-figure scene from an Athenian cup. This painting conveys Patroclus’s distress and Achilles’ sympathetic concentration. Both are key players in the Trojan war , one of the most famous myths by the epic poet Homer. It was created by the Greeks after Homer to view the pair as models of aristocracy, military and to some extent male …show more content…
They were seen as aggressive women who need to be oppressed or in other words symbolising a foreign, irrational power that can threaten life in the ordered Greek-city state. Hence, the credibility of this source can be questioned.
6.)The Statue of Aphrodite
This a primary source discovered from the island of Knidos, now located at modern-day Turkey. It is an authentic primary source because it was carved by Praxitelles for Knidos around 340 BCE. This sculpture portrayed the goddess of love undressing for her bath. Its original commissioner believed it to be scandalous that they rejected it in favor of clothed one. Subsequently, the Knidian Aphrodite became one of the most famous statues in Ancient Greece. It inspired a number of nude and semi-nude representations of the goddess, one of them being the famous Venus de Milo.
It is a very useful source for my investigation on Greek mythology influence, as it shows how Aphrodite, a goddess in her own right, was considered one of the most popular subjects of ancient Greek art. As the goddess of love, sex and physical beauty, she was considered a muse among numerous sculptors and painters. Despite being a ‘myth’, Aphrodite’s statue has proven that Goddesses have exerted their influence in Classical
This is a secondary source which can be found at the National Museum of Athens. It is the most authentic replica of the real Athena Parthenos made in the 2nd century, approximately 700 years after the original one was made. Reminiscent to the Athena Parthenos, the Varvakevion Athena Statue depicts Athena in all her glory. The goddess wore a warrior’s helmet, sleeveless robe and biblike aegis. On the palm of her right hand, stood a human-sized Nike, the goddess of victory. Athena’s left hand grasped the top of the rim of an upright shield, which stood grounded by her left leg; a giant snake coiled within the shield, and a long spear stood upright in the crook of her left arm.
This is a very useful …show more content…
It is an authentic primary source made after Homer’s Illiad was made at 500 BCE by the Sosias Painter. This source portrays the hero Achilles, bandages a wound for his friend, in a red-figure scene from an Athenian cup. This painting conveys Patroclus’s distress and Achilles’ sympathetic concentration. Both are key players in the Trojan war , one of the most famous myths by the epic poet Homer. It was created by the Greeks after Homer to view the pair as models of aristocracy, military and to some extent male …show more content…
They were seen as aggressive women who need to be oppressed or in other words symbolising a foreign, irrational power that can threaten life in the ordered Greek-city state. Hence, the credibility of this source can be questioned.
6.)The Statue of Aphrodite
This a primary source discovered from the island of Knidos, now located at modern-day Turkey. It is an authentic primary source because it was carved by Praxitelles for Knidos around 340 BCE. This sculpture portrayed the goddess of love undressing for her bath. Its original commissioner believed it to be scandalous that they rejected it in favor of clothed one. Subsequently, the Knidian Aphrodite became one of the most famous statues in Ancient Greece. It inspired a number of nude and semi-nude representations of the goddess, one of them being the famous Venus de Milo.
It is a very useful source for my investigation on Greek mythology influence, as it shows how Aphrodite, a goddess in her own right, was considered one of the most popular subjects of ancient Greek art. As the goddess of love, sex and physical beauty, she was considered a muse among numerous sculptors and painters. Despite being a ‘myth’, Aphrodite’s statue has proven that Goddesses have exerted their influence in Classical