| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Name: | Ajootian, Hesperia 69:4, 2000 | |
| Title: | A Roman Table Support at Ancient Corinth | |
| Author: | Ajootian, Aileen | |
| Series Title: | Hesperia | |
| Volume: | 69:4 | |
| Month: | December | |
| Date: | 2000 | |
| Abstract: | A Roman sculptured table support, discovered in Frankish destruction levels at ancient Corinth, represents a rare iconographical treatment of a popular theme, Hermes carrying the baby Dionysos. Dating to the second half of the 2nd century A.C., the trapezophoros is adorned with a muscular, torsional Hermes supporting Dionysos perched on his outstretched left arm. The closest parallels for this composition are the large three-dimensional groups of satyrs and babies produced at Aphrodisias. The Hermes and Dionysos group may have reminded its Frankish discoverers of St. Christopher, patron of travelers and transporter of the infant Christ. | |
| Page: | 487-507 | |
| JSTOR: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/148385 | |
| URL: | http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/publications/hesperia/article/69/4/487-507 | |
| References: | Image: digital 2014 11157 |
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