SKINNER MUSEUM: Closed
GiveStatuette of a youth (probably Apollo)
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Photo Credit:
Laura Weston
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Photo Credit:
Petegorsky/Gipe
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Photo Credit:
Petegorsky/Gipe
On View
Unknown
Greek
Place made:
Europe; Greece; Sikyon (Corinth region)
Statuette of a youth (probably Apollo), Classical Period; ca. 470 BCE
Bronze; cast and incised
Overall: 9 in x 3 in x 3 9/16 in; 22.9 cm x 7.6 cm x 9 cm
Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
MH 1926.1.B.OI
Installed in Art Before 700 CE, Spring 2025 Label:
Offerings
The objects in this case point to the importance of libations (liquid offerings made to deities) in some Mediterranean and Eurasian religions. People poured liquids, often wine, onto the ground or an altar from a shallow dish (patera) in order to placate the gods and ask for their assistance. The gods and goddesses seen in this case all seem to hold paterae in their right hands, as does Bacchus in the fresco to the right. By doing so, these deities helpfully demonstrate the proper way to offer libations in exchange for their good favor and protection.
[Displayed with 1910.8.C.B, 2013.31, 2018.14.11]
Events And Links
September 21, 2010 to June 3, 2012
Reconstructing Antiquity
How does one gain an understanding of antiquity from looking at works of art? In a series of thematic groupings of objects from ancient Greece and Rome, Reconstructing Antiquity explores daily life in the ancient world, representations of ancient women, and aspects of storytelling and mythology...
September 29, 2010 | Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
Among Gods and Mortal
The Imagery of Greek Vases
Lecture
Reconstructing Antiquity exhibition opening
Lecture by Rebecca Sinos, Professor of Classics,
Amherst College
Reception to follow
