L15 - Conmemorating Victories, Heroes

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  • How did Hellenistic rulers choose to commemorate themselves and their victories?
    They used art! Glorified their victories, showing them as powerful leaders who overcame significant challenges. The Gigantomachy for example, is a symbol of victory of order over chaos, like their victory over the other "barbaric" cultures. Self-portraits were also used as reminders of their authorities and their achievements.
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Gallic chieftain killing himself and his wife
    Author: Epigonos
    Style: Hellenistic
    Medium: marble
    Place: Rome
    Original: bronze, 230-220 BCE
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Dying Gaul
    Author: Epigonos
    Style: Hellenistic
    Medium: marble
    Place: Rome
    Original: bronze, 230–220 BCE
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Nike of Samothrace
    Date: 190 BCE (3-2nd century)
    Style: Hellenistic
    Medium: marble
    Place: Samothrace, Greece
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: The Terme Ruler
    Date: 200-100 BCE
    Style: Hellenistic
    Medium: bronze
    Place: Rome
  • Recognize the work of art:

    Title: Altar of Zeus (West Front)
    Date: 160 BCE
    Style: Hellenistic Baroque (ionic precint)
    Place: Pergamon, Turkey
    Description: Gigantomachy (frieze)
  • Why is the Pregamon Altar important?
    • a victory monument and offering to gods
    • gift to the citizens of Pergamon, for the public
    • victory over barbarism (Attalid, wins Celts and Macedonians)
    • celebration of the city’s founding legend and cult to Athena Nikephoros
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: The Telephos Frieze
    Date: 160 BCE
    Place: Pergamon Altar
    Description: Herakles discovers the baby Telephos exposed
    to die on Mount Parthenion
  • What stories can we observed in the Great Alta of Pergamon?
    • Gigantomachy (Zeus & Athena vs Giants)
    • Heraklos discovers baby Telephos