056 - Classical Sculptures

In this episode, we discuss the innovation during the 5th century BC in the realm of free-standing statuary in the round, stelai, and architectural relief

• Photo/"Persian Debris"---Angelitos' Athena (left), Moschophoros (center), Kritios Boy (right)

• Video/Kritios Boy

• Photo/Kritios Boy

• Photo/Roman Copy of the Tyrannicides by Kritios

• Photo/Berlin Foundry Cup

• Video/Charioteer of Delphi

• Photo/Charioteer of Delphi (Front view)

• Photo/Charioteer of Delphi (Side view)

• Photo/Charioteer of Delphi (Rear view)

• Photo/Head of Charioteer of Delphi (Front view)

• Photo/Head of Charioteer of Delphi (Side view)

• Photo/Eyes of the Charioteer of Delphi

• Photos/Other Fragments from Charioteer of Delphi

• Photos/Charioteer of Delphi

Video/Delphic Charioteer

• Video/Artemision Zeus

• Photo/Artemision Zeus (Front view)

• Photo/Artemision Zeus (Rear view)

• Photo/Upper Body of Artemision Zeus

• Photo/Head of Artemision Zeus

• Photo/The Riace Warriors

• Photo/Statue A of the Riace Warriors

• Photo/Zeus Carrying Ganymedes

• Photo/Young Athlete Crowning Himself

• Photo/Mourning Athena

• Photo/Exaltation of the Flowers

• Photo/Enthroned Goddess

• Photo/The Charioteer of Motya

• Photo/Hades and Persephone Enthroned

• Photo/Aphrodite and Hermes in a Chariot Drawn by Eros and Psyche

• Video/The Conservator's Eye: Roman Copy of a Wounded Warrior

• Photo/ Roman Copy of the Diskobolos by Myron (British Museum)

• Photo/Roman Copy of the Diskobolos by Myron (National Roman Museum)

• Video/Roman Copy of the Diskobolos by Myron (National Roman Museum)

• Photo/Roman Copy of the Minotaur by Myron

• Photo/Roman Copy of a Portrait of Themistocles

• Video/Roman Copy of the Doryphoros by Polykleitos

• Photo/Roman Copy of the Doryphoros by Polykleitos

• Photo/Roman Copy of the Diadoumenos by Polykleitos

• Photo/Roman Copy of the Diskophoros of Polykleitos

• Photo/Roman Copy of Apollo of the Mantua Type by Polykleitos

• Photo/Roman Copy of the Wounded Amazon (Vatican Museum)

• Photo/Roman Copy of the Wounded Warrior (Capitoline Museum)

• Photo/Roman Copy of Athena of Velletri (Louvre)

• Photo/Roman Copy of Athena of Velletri (Glyptotek)

• Photo/Cat Stele

• Video/Grave Stele of Hegeso

• Photo/Grave Stele of Hegeso

• Photo/Grave Stele of Hegeso Replica in the Kerameikos

• Photos/Classical Art at Athens National Archaeological Museum

Recommended Podcast Episodes for Further Listening:

Looted Episode 03 Big Bronzes

055 - The Dionysian Mysteries

In this episode, we discuss the Great Mother Cybele and her influence on the cult of Dionysos; some of the myths and the iconography of Dionysos; and Euripides’ Bacchae and the elements of Dionysiac worship

Mythic Characters, Places, and Events Mentioned: 


Key terms: Cybele, Phrygia, Mount Ida, Catalhoyuk, Matar Kubileya (mother of the mountains), meter (mother), Magna Mater (Great Mother), Kubebe (Hittite goddess), Asherah (a Semitic deity), Astarte (a Syrian deity), Venus Erycina (of Mt. Eryx on Sicily), Potnia Theron (Mistress of the Animals

• Photo/Neolithic Statue from Catalhoyuk of a Seated Woman (Cybele?)

• Photos/Kybele (Theoi)
• Photos/Kybele Cult (Theoi)
• Photo/Red-Figure Vase Painting of Cybele riding lion

• Photo/Roman Statue of Seated Cybele

• Photo/Modern Cybele Fountain in Madrid

• Photo/Metroon in Athenian Agora

• Photo/Phrygian Statuette of Agdistis

• Photo/Roman Statue of Attis

• Photo/Roman Bust of Attis

• Photo/Roman Votive Relief of a Galli Making Sacrifices to Cybele and Attis

• Video/Roman Cults: Cybele & Atys

• Video/Dionysus - God of Wine and Madness

• Video/Birth of Dionysos

• Photo/Statue of Hermes and Infant Dionysos by Praxiteles

• Video/Dionysus and the Pirates (the Dionysus Cup by Exekias)

• Photo/Dionysios Cup by Exekias

• Photo/Roman Mosaic of Dionysos and the Pirates

• Photo/Macedonian Mosaic from Pella of Dionysos Riding a Cheetah

• Photo/Hellenistic Terracotta Bust of Dionysos

• Photo/Roman Bronze Bust of Dionysos

• Photo/Roman Statue of Dionysos

• Photo/Modern Statue of Dionysos at Luxembourg

• Photo/Vase-Painting of Thiasos of Dionysos

• Photo/Roman Sarcophagus of Dionysos' Triumphal Procession from India (With Scenes from his Birth on the Top)

• Photo/Vase-Painting of Silenus

• Photo/Roman Statue of Silenus

• Photo/Vase-Painting of a Satyr

• Photo/Statue of a Satyr

• Photo/Vase-Painting of Dionysos and Two Maenads

• Photo/Vase-Painting of a Maenad Using her Thrysos to Ward Off a Horny Satyr

• Photo/Vase-Painting of a Maenad

• Photo/Roman Relief of a Maenad and her Thrysos

• Photo/Roman Statue of Pan Teaching His Eromenos to Play the Pan Flute

• Photo/Roman Statue of Pan Making Love to a Goat

• Photo/Vase-Painting of Death of Pentheus

• Photo/Roman Mosaic of Death of Pentheus

Recommended Sources for Further Reading:

Text/Euripides' The Bacchantes (Bacchae)

Recommended Podcasts for Further Listening:

Mythology Translated Ep 22 In Wine There Is Madness
Mythology Translated Ep 35 Vultures Are Gossips
MythTake Episode 18 Homeric Hymn To Dionysus
MythTake Episode 26 The Bakkhai
Literature and History Episode 34 Euripides' The Bacchae
AHF Podcast - Dionysus: Have You Heard the Good News (About Me)?
AHF Podcast - Dionysus: Religion of Revolution