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The Partial Historians

Reclining woman from the Hieron at Samothrace ~ c. 150 BCE

The significance of the ‘Sanctuary of the Great Gods’ is thought to relate to a mystery cult. This figure was part of exterior and one theory is she personifies the highest mountain on the island.

🏛 KM, Vienna

Description from the museum: “The reclining female figure supports itself with its right hand on a rock. The cloak has slipped down to the hips, in the left hand the figure originally held a drinking vessel. According to one interpretation, the gable showed the handing over of the founder of the Samothracian mysteries, Aetion, which would make the female figure the personification of the main mountain of the island.”
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Jun 15, 2024, 09:42 AM·Public·Toot!
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