Εξειδίκευση τύπου :	Άρθρο σε επιστημονικό περιοδικό
Τίτλος:	Tomb of the Philosophers in Pella, Macedonia Revisited: New Findings on Its Iconography
Δημιουργός/Συγγραφέας:	[EL] Καλαϊτζή, Μύρινα[EN] Kalaitzi, Myrina [EL] Μπρεκουλάκη, Χαρίκλεια[EN] Brecoulaki, Hariclia Verri, Giovanni
Εκδότης:	[EL] Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών. Ινστιτούτο Ιστορικών Ερευνών[EN] National Hellenic Research Foundation. Institute of Historical Research
Ημερομηνία:	2024
Γλώσσα:	Αγγλικά
ISSN:	1791-7573 1106-661X
DOI:	10.12681/tekmeria.36631
Περιγραφή:	This article discusses the new findings on the iconography of the two figural friezes painted in the interior of the “Tomb of the Philosophers”, an early Hellenistic, monumental, built cist grave, situated in the east cemetery of Pella, Macedonia. A new technical investigation of the tomb’s wall paintings has allowed the revision of older readings of the two friezes. In the lower, main figural frieze new observations pertain to figure characterization, through features, dress and attributes, as well as to the scene’s setting. The figures of the frieze offer the earliest preserved gathering of intellectuals whose professional insignia cannot be missed, while the celestial globe shown on the west wall appears to be one of the earliest extant representations of the device and the earliest preserved in a funerary environment. The new identification proposed for the monuments shown in the upper, secondary frieze, which represents a horse race, aligns the frieze’s composition with established iconographic schemes of agonistic events, adds multiple levels of symbolism, and ties the Pella wall-paintings more tightly than previously believed with the “Torre Annunziata philosopher mosaic”, Pompeii, and its twin from Sarsina, Umbria. The bonds of astronomy/cosmology with political theory and with aspects of Macedonian royal ideology, in particular, are set in relief. Finally, it is argued that the physical vicinity of the “Tomb of the Philosophers” with the palace of Pella and the royal court informed the mode of burial of a man of thought with favourable relations to his times’ monarchy, as well as his mode of portrayal as “the astronomer” on the west wall, a figure that presents us with a Macedonian iconographic hybrid of a philosopher, resonating the Platonic concept of the “philosopher king”.
Τίτλος πηγής δημοσίευσης:	Tekmeria
Τόμος/Κεφάλαιο:	18
Σελίδες:	97-150
Θεματική Κατηγορία:	[EL] Ρωμαϊκή εποχή, 140 π.Χ.-323/476 μ.Χ.[EN] Roman epoch, 140 B.C.-323/476 A.D.
Λέξεις-Κλειδιά:	Funerary paintings Philosophers iconography Hellenistic wall paintings
Κάτοχος πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων:	© 2024 by the authors
Όροι και προϋποθέσεις δικαιωμάτων:	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση με ανοικτή πρόσβαση (link):	https://doi.org/10.12681/tekmeria.36631
Εμφανίζεται στις συλλογές:	Τομέας Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητας - Επιστημονικό έργο