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/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

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

• 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/Birth of Dionysos

• Photo/Statue of Hermes and Infant Dionysos by Praxiteles

• 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
MythTake Episode 18 Homeric Hymn To Dionysus
MythTake Episode 26 The Bakkhai
Literature and History Episode 34 Euripides' The Bacchae