Alexander the Great engineer and inventor: Elite representation in western Asia Minor and early Byzantine origins of the later Romance tradition and iconography
Newly discovered ruins in a rural location near Antioch in Pisidia appear to have formed the reception unit of an elite mansion from the early Byzantine period. Floor mosaics depict three episodes of the Alexander Romance, his Gates, his Descent into the Sea, and his Ascent to Heaven. Iconography an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023
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Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Year: 2023, Volume: 116, Issue: 3, Pages: 861-884 |
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| Summary: | Newly discovered ruins in a rural location near Antioch in Pisidia appear to have formed the reception unit of an elite mansion from the early Byzantine period. Floor mosaics depict three episodes of the Alexander Romance, his Gates, his Descent into the Sea, and his Ascent to Heaven. Iconography and ornamentation reference Sasanian art and explain the peculiar way in which Alexander's Ascent was commonly depicted in Medieval times. The mosaics predate all known illustrations of the three tales by halfamillennium and attest to their early currency in the Greek world, ahead of the oldest textual evidence. |
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| ISSN: | 1868-9027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/bz-2023-0036 |