Eleusis Amphora
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2016
- Eleusis Amphora (Proto-Attic neck amphora), 675-650 B.C.E., terracotta, 142.3 cm high (Eleusis Archeological Museum, Greece) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Terrific clip, as all of yours are. And you don't go on forever. Also good.
Thank you, thank you, I always enjoy and appreciate your expertise.
You people are awesome
I love the viscious and monstrous depiction of the Gorgons! So very different from the way they are later shown.
Thank you for the consistently excellent content!!
This beats last-minute exam cramming - thanks!
The one eye of the giant is also metaphorical of a limited perspective of vision, no depth. The caldron headed gorgons are also hinting at the ingestion of the secret potion and the Vision gained in the Eleusinium Mysteries.
Jack and the beanstalk story. The modern has been borrowed from the past.
Thanks a lot GReetings.
"...pot found with the body of a 10-year-old boy in it." "This is a really unusual amphora..."
😅 What a relief! There were a few quirky moments in this video I didn't see coming (e.g. Dr. Zucker sounding so giddy at the prospect of being turned to stone, lol). It was hard for me to stay focused during the Odysseus account because the goofy-looking amphora figures and the guy strapped to the belly of a ram thing... I wasn't ready, but I did enjoy this video.
We were so excited to see it in person, I really was a bit giddy.
@@smarthistory-art-history I don't blame you at all. I used to be such a fan of Greek myth and would've been giddy too.
I would like to know more about the body that was inside. Was it just thrown away? Is it in a box somewhere available for some analysis to shed light on the child's life and death? I've looked online, but all there is is perfunctory speculation.
What about the body found inside?
johannz aquino "the amphora served as the funerary vase for a child." - wikipedia. That's all it mentions about the child found inside.
@@boscorner That makes me wonder, with the theme being sight and how it can harm, if the child was blind. Unless those were just his favorite stories as a child.
Is it known whether such decorated amphorae were generally displayed against a wall or in a niche (i.e. with only one side visible) or intended to be viewed in the round?
Has anyone suggested the stories illustrated might have been the favorites of the boy who died? His grieving parents might have ordered the amphora or chosen it because of that.
"orientalizing"