The Origins of Hellenistic Ruler Portraiture in the Philippeion at Olympia [videorecording] / [lecture by] Peter Schultz ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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The Origins of Hellenistic Ruler Portraiture in the Philippeion at Olympia [videorecording] / [lecture by] Peter Schultz ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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The kings and queens of Hellenistic Greece frequently elevated themselves over their subjects by merging their portraits with images of gods and heroes. In this lecture classicist Peter Schultz explores this practice and traces its roots to the royal iconography of King Philip II of Macedon. To commemorate his triumph over Thebes in 338 B.C. the king commissioned Athenian sculptor Leochares to create dynastic portraits of himself, his son Alexander the Great, his wife Olympia, his mother Eurydice, and his father Amyntas. This portrait group, erected at Olympia in the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary Philippeion, set the stage for the use of heroic and divine iconographies for the next three hundred years.

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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