Meaning and Place of the Cult Scene on the Ferrara Krater Τ128

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6 mai 2013

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During the Periclean era, an Attic artist painted a scene on a volute krater which could be considered as one of the most “mysterious” scenes of classical iconography. The krater, which is now at the Ferrara museum (T. 128, inv. no. 2897), shows a sanctuary with the statues of an enthroned god and goddess with a lion at her side (Fig. 1). The two divine figures hold libation vessels from which liquid pours on an altar in front of them. Beside the altar, there is a female figure, generally con...

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