L’Artemision rupestre di Scala Greca a Siracusa: alcune note sui frammenti coroplastici conservati

The paper presents the most significant of the terracotta fragments from the rocky sanctuary of Scala Greca, at the northern end of the Syracusan plateau, now exhibited at the ‘Paolo Orsi’ Regional Archeological Museum. Their study has made it possible to develop a typology of the best represented i...

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Main Author: Beatrice Risposi
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Language:English
Published: ACoSt - Association for Coroplastic Studies 2024-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acost/3917
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description The paper presents the most significant of the terracotta fragments from the rocky sanctuary of Scala Greca, at the northern end of the Syracusan plateau, now exhibited at the ‘Paolo Orsi’ Regional Archeological Museum. Their study has made it possible to develop a typology of the best represented iconographic type, that of “Artemide Sicula”. It is likely that Artemis was venerated there with the epiclesis of Agrotera, though chthonic connotations of the cult are not to be excluded.
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spelling doaj-art-291dcceb6d5942dea3e810452346c6882025-01-09T13:00:16ZengACoSt - Association for Coroplastic StudiesLes Carnets de l’ACoSt2431-85742024-06-012410.4000/11ruzL’Artemision rupestre di Scala Greca a Siracusa: alcune note sui frammenti coroplastici conservatiBeatrice RisposiThe paper presents the most significant of the terracotta fragments from the rocky sanctuary of Scala Greca, at the northern end of the Syracusan plateau, now exhibited at the ‘Paolo Orsi’ Regional Archeological Museum. Their study has made it possible to develop a typology of the best represented iconographic type, that of “Artemide Sicula”. It is likely that Artemis was venerated there with the epiclesis of Agrotera, though chthonic connotations of the cult are not to be excluded.https://journals.openedition.org/acost/3917Scala GrecaArtemis SiculaArtemis Agroterainterpretative polysemy
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L’Artemision rupestre di Scala Greca a Siracusa: alcune note sui frammenti coroplastici conservati
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Scala Greca
Artemis Sicula
Artemis Agrotera
interpretative polysemy
title L’Artemision rupestre di Scala Greca a Siracusa: alcune note sui frammenti coroplastici conservati
title_full L’Artemision rupestre di Scala Greca a Siracusa: alcune note sui frammenti coroplastici conservati
title_fullStr L’Artemision rupestre di Scala Greca a Siracusa: alcune note sui frammenti coroplastici conservati
title_full_unstemmed L’Artemision rupestre di Scala Greca a Siracusa: alcune note sui frammenti coroplastici conservati
title_short L’Artemision rupestre di Scala Greca a Siracusa: alcune note sui frammenti coroplastici conservati
title_sort l artemision rupestre di scala greca a siracusa alcune note sui frammenti coroplastici conservati
topic Scala Greca
Artemis Sicula
Artemis Agrotera
interpretative polysemy
url https://journals.openedition.org/acost/3917
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