The Archaic Statue of Dionysos from Ikarion

Abstract

T HE EXCAVATIONS at the Attic deme of Ikarion carried out by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in 1888 and 1889 yielded a rich collection of architectural, epigraphical, and sculptural remains.1 Until recently the only published accounts of this material were the reports written by Carl Darling Buck, the excavator of the site, in The American Journal of Archaeology for 1888 and 1889.2 These reports, while admirable for their time, leave the scholar of today wanting for more precise information about the topography, monuments, and history of this important Attic site. No notebook, to our knowledge, has survived from this early excavation, and, regrettably, no pottery was saved. The architecture, inscriptions, and sculpture, together with Buck's reports and photographs, are all that remain to us, without further excavation, to piece together the history of Ikarion. Recently a re-examination of the architectural remains of Ikarion was undertaken by William R. Biers and Thomas D. Boyd under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Their report provides interpretations of the walls and monuments uncovered by Buck and clarifies the plan of the site.3 This discussion of the colossal marble statue of Dionysos, the earliest and in some ways the most important of the sculptures from the site, is presented as a first step in a re-examination of the sculptural works found there by Buck. A study of the variety and range of the 26 sculptural fragments, their chronology, style, function, and iconography, can only aid in our understanding of the historical development of the deme center. A review of the epigraphical remains could add still more information toward a total picture of ancient Ikarion. CATALOGUE Among the sculptural fragments which Buck discovered at Ikarion were five groups of marble fragments belonging to a male statue of colossal proportions.

Ερμηνευτική Διερεύνηση Του Αστρονομικού Προσανατολισμού Προϊστορικών Αρχαίων Και Βυζαντινών Μνημείων Της Νοτιοανατολικής Μεσογείου Μέσω Αρχαιολογικών Ιστορικών Θρησκειολογικών Και Μυθολογικών Πηγών

“…α α Δηθόλα 5.9. Βζηυκα ημο Ποείμο απυ ηδ αμνεζμδοηζηή πθεονά (α) ηαηά ηζξ ακαζηαθέξ ημο 1888 ηαζ ζφβπνμκδ εζηυκα (α) ηςκ ενεζπίςκ ημο καμφ (Biers and Boyd, 1981) ημκ ζενυ απμηαθφθεδηακ επίζδξ ηα θείρακα εεάηνμο, αςιχκ έκαξ απυ ημοξ μπμίμοξ πζεακμθμβείηαζ υηζ είκαζ ημο Αζμκφζμο, έκα πμνδβζηυ ικδιείμ ηαεχξ ηαζ πθήεμξ ακαεδιαηζηχκ ακηζηεζιέκςκ (Bald Romano 1982).…”