Apollo Amazonius playing the trigonon along with Diana and Omphale, five Hierodules and two Erotes

Item data

Title

Apollo Amazonius playing the trigonon along with Diana and Omphale, five Hierodules and two Erotes

Collection

Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Mythology -- Apollo

Names

Bineteau, P. (Lithographer)
Rey, A. (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1844 - 1861

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

Subjects

Diana (Roman deity)
Fans (Accessories)
Acolytes
Spears -- To 499
Hairstyles -- Greece -- To 499
Amazons -- To 499
Censers -- To 499
Harps -- To 499
Mirrors -- To 499
Greeks -- Clothing & dress -- To 499
Flowers in art

Genres

Prints

Notes

Handwritten: "Apollo Amazonius seated on a throne in a rich Asiatic costume and Phrygian mitre his feet on a hypopodium plays a trigon. Before Apollo is Omphale holding two phials and a bandalette. Diana is seated and wears the costume of an Amazon with a Phrygian cap, and holds two javelins. Beside her is a large flower. The five other women are hierodules or acolytes. One speaks to Diana, another, seated, holds a mirror, another leans on a labre holding a fan and a bandalette. Above, one holds a phial and a crown, the other a ciste or casket, and between them are two love hermaphrodites with a thymlaterion or censer between them. Cabinet des Medailles, Paris."
Source Note: Elite des monuments céramographiques : matériaux pour l'histoire des religions et des moeurs de l'antiquité. (Paris : Leleux, 1844-1861) Lenormant, Charles (1802-1859), Author.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 29.5 x 45.5 cm

Abstract

A Phrygian cap is a soft hat whose peak folds forward. A hypopodium is a low platform, here used as a footrest, while a trigon is a sort of triangular harp. Omphale was the daughter of a Lydian king and a lover of Herakles (Hercules). "Phials" here are not little bottles, but flat drinking cups. A bandelette is a decorated strip of cloth, often shown in the hands of people making offerings. Diana is the goddess of the moon and of the hunt. A labre (labrum) is a large basin on a pedestal for holding water.

Identifiers

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a122da10-c5be-012f-8402-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1844

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