Vergina II: The 'Tomb of Persephone' |
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PROLOGUE | 13 |
THE WALLPAINTINGS | 49 |
THE WALLPAINTING OF THE RAPE OF PERSEPHONE | 100 |
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abduction Aigai ancient archaeological artist Bella tumulus body brushstrokes chariot chiton chromatic colour composition confirmed covered decoration Demeter depicted detail earth east figure East wall Eleusis excavation Fates female figure figure of Hermes figure's fourth century BC funerary monuments garment Greek art Greek painting Hellenistic Hermes himation Ibidem iconographic iconographic tradition illustration incised preliminary design Kazanlak knee kneeling figure Kore Kore's Kottaridou left arm left leg Leukadia Leukadia tomb Lindner Macedonian Macedonian tomb MANOLIS ANDRONIKOS Miltsakakis mosaic mosaicist mound myth N.G.L. Hammond neck Neo-attic Nikomachos North wall obliquely Oceanid outline painter painterly Persephone's Pliny Pliny N.H. Pluto Pluto and Persephone poros preliminary sketch quadriga rape of Persephone Raub rendering representation right arm royal tombs shades sherds side South wall South-Italian surface theme third horse three-quarter view tomb of Persephone tomb of Philip tomb-robbers torso tumulus upper vase-painting vases Vergina wall-painting Via Portuensis viewer καὶ