Pagan Statuettes in Late Antique Corinth: Sculpture from the Panayia Domus

Stirling, Lea

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“…Saradi and Eliopoulos (2011, 287) have noted the evidence from the Cave at Vari where Christian lamps were found in the context of pagan worship, which they believe simply indicates availability rather than a religious statement. Stirling's work (2008) on the nine statuettes depicting a variety of Olympian gods in a Corinthian house is indicative of the perpetuation of pre-Christian cult practice in private contexts during the Late Antique period, and a similar situation has been identified in the excavations of the large fourth century urban domus in Messene (Themelis 2010, 100–1). As for burial practices, in some cases Christian and non-Christian burial customs are found together, for example in Corinth's North Cemetery (Sanders 2005, 1 n. 1; Saradi and Eliopoulos 2011).…”

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The Christianisation of the Peloponnese: The Case for Strategic Change

Sweetman

2015

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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The issue of the persistence of paganism is now quite well considered; however, it is only in recent times that the same concern approached from another perspective, the multifaceted nature of the Christianisation of the Peloponnese, has become the topic of detailed discussion. It is likely that Christianisation in Achaea took place incrementally and with a variety of effects according to the location. The processes of how this took place and under what circumstances remain to be discussed in detail. As a considered and active process, understanding methods of conversion should provide insights into the nature of society at the time, particularly in terms of communications. Church location reflects a range of choices made in terms of the conversion process and therefore is fundamental to analysing religious transformation. Such insights are important, particularly given the dearth of historical sources for, and difficulties of refining, church chronologies in the Peloponnese. In the case of the Late Antique Peloponnese, a great deal is known about many individual churches as a result of quite extensive excavation of a majority of them, particularly through the work of Pallas and Orlandos. This evidence, together with the results of a survey of all the known Late Antique churches in the Peloponnese undertaken in 2012, makes possible a synthetic interpretation of all the material within the surrounding landscape. While the precise chronologies may remain elusive, this present study shows how sociological theories of conversion processes can be applied to the topographic analysis of the Late Antique churches of the Peloponnese to help determine the nature of Christianisation across the diachronic range. In this work I will present some new theories regarding processes and phases of conversion, and the implications of these in terms of understanding networks and society in the Late Antique Peloponnese.

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The Christianisation of the Peloponnese: The Case for Strategic Change

Sweetman

2015

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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“… 65 For marble statuettes of female votaries set up in sanctuaries in the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods, see Dillon 2010, 170–1. For the assemblage of marble statuettes of Roman high and late Imperial date from a domestic shrine at Corinth, see Stirling 2008, 131–50, fig. 1 (also discussing similar finds in Roman villas and houses around Greece).…”

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“…1 (also discussing similar finds in Roman villas and houses around Greece). Stirling (2008, 155–6), however, theorises that their first use may have been to decorate the larger rooms of villas, which had mosaic floors and frescoed walls.…”

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Marble Sculptures From Phthiotis in the Lamia Archaeological Museum

Leventi

2013

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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Marble statuettes, now in the Lamia Archaeological Museum, that date to the Classical and above all the Hellenistic periods, and a Hellenistic votive relief depicting Herakles are presented here. This study investigates the relations between the local workshop in central Greece which produced them and the major Classical and Hellenistic sculptural centres of Athens and of the Aegean islands, Asia Minor and the kingdoms of the Greek East generally. A marble statuette of a goddess which may represent Artemis from Melitaia, and a marble statuette of a seated girl of unknown provenance are dated to the Classical period. The subjects portrayed in the Late Hellenistic material show a typical repertory, marble statuettes of Aphrodite or Aphrodite-like figures, and a statuary group of Eros and Psyche in marble, unusual for this period. The ways in which the local sculptors of the Late Hellenistic period in the area of modern Phthiotis adopted the typological and stylistic trends current in the great cosmopolitan centres are a major concern here. In the Hellenistic period, the production of marble statuettes for making offerings at public and domestic sanctuaries and for decorating opulent villas was in vogue, and a common formal language was created especially for small-scale sculpture in the eastern Mediterranean and the new art markets of Italy. The vehicles by which these artistic influences were transmitted to the sculptural production of central Greece will also be investigated.

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“…210-211. 117. See the Panayia Field Villa mythological sculpture group in Stirling 2008. may also have benefited from public festivals financed by local honorands upon the dedication of their statues. Elsewhere, such statues were even designated as locations for the distribution of civic endowments left by their honorands.…”

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LAST MEN STANDING: Chlamydatus Portraits and Public Life in Late Antique Corinth

Brown¹

2012

Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studi

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Pagan Statuettes in Late Antique Corinth: Sculpture from the Panayia Domus

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The Christianisation of the Peloponnese: The Case for Strategic Change

The Christianisation of the Peloponnese: The Case for Strategic Change

Marble Sculptures From Phthiotis in the Lamia Archaeological Museum

LAST MEN STANDING: Chlamydatus Portraits and Public Life in Late Antique Corinth

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