The aim of the paper is to investigate the age of Peisistratos in the light of particular findings: the marble head from Heraclea Pontica, the Sabouroff Head and the Rampin Horseman. Are we in the presence of the portrait of a satrap, the tyrant Peisistratos and one of his sons? Yet there is no connection with the patrons’ intention to present themselves differently from the traditional idea of aristocratic typology. The aristocratic ethos, more than political implications, has significant influence from East to West. A fresh interpretation of the scribe statues from the Athenian Acropolis stressed the issue of Eastern models in Archaic art, now linked with Hdt. 2.143.2-144.1. To conclude, the epigram of Alkmeonides son of Alkmeon (IG I3 1469) shows how far the quest for individuality can go.
Portraits of Satraps and Tyrants in the Age of Peisistratos. Aristocratic Ideology as a Vehicle of Artistic Models in the Eastern Mediterranean
Fabiano Fiorello Di Bella
2019-01-01
Abstract
The aim of the paper is to investigate the age of Peisistratos in the light of particular findings: the marble head from Heraclea Pontica, the Sabouroff Head and the Rampin Horseman. Are we in the presence of the portrait of a satrap, the tyrant Peisistratos and one of his sons? Yet there is no connection with the patrons’ intention to present themselves differently from the traditional idea of aristocratic typology. The aristocratic ethos, more than political implications, has significant influence from East to West. A fresh interpretation of the scribe statues from the Athenian Acropolis stressed the issue of Eastern models in Archaic art, now linked with Hdt. 2.143.2-144.1. To conclude, the epigram of Alkmeonides son of Alkmeon (IG I3 1469) shows how far the quest for individuality can go.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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