Arrête ton char ?
Starting from Boston hydria (MFA 63.473) we can find a small series of five vases created around 520-510 BC in which appears a winged goddess who seems to intervene within a very particular chariot scene : that of Achilles dragging Hector's body around the tumulus of Patroclus. In addition to d...
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| Language: | English |
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Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques
2019-03-01
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| Series: | Cahiers Mondes Anciens |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/2202 |
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| Summary: | Starting from Boston hydria (MFA 63.473) we can find a small series of five vases created around 520-510 BC in which appears a winged goddess who seems to intervene within a very particular chariot scene : that of Achilles dragging Hector's body around the tumulus of Patroclus. In addition to details that have aroused the curiosity of researchers – the tumulus, the jump of Achilles, the eidolon – this paper adresses how and why the winged figure of the messenger Iris is inserted. Is she merely the bearer of a divine message ? Why does Achilles seem to look away from her epiphany ? It seems interesting to consider the action of Achilles by decomposing it, looking at the gestures it encompasses and at the articulation of the different identities (heroes, chariots, tumulus, spirit, goddess) in order to assess the different levels of action (races, flights, glances) and reading imagined by the artist. |
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| ISSN: | 2107-0199 |