{"title":"Miniature Herms Representing Alexander the Great","authors":"Antonio Peña, David Ojeda","doi":"10.2972/hesperia.89.1.0083","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The present article focuses on a type of miniature herm depicting a masculine figure in military costume whose identification has long been debated. Through examination and a cataloguing of the pieces belonging to the type, this study outlines their iconography and prototype, offers some considerations of their material and other aspects, and concludes that they are representations of Alexander the Great. A discussion of the possible reasons for the depiction of a real person within the repertoire of miniature herms of Dionysiac character is also offered.","PeriodicalId":44554,"journal":{"name":"Annual of the British School at Athens","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annual of the British School at Athens","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2972/hesperia.89.1.0083","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ARCHAEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:The present article focuses on a type of miniature herm depicting a masculine figure in military costume whose identification has long been debated. Through examination and a cataloguing of the pieces belonging to the type, this study outlines their iconography and prototype, offers some considerations of their material and other aspects, and concludes that they are representations of Alexander the Great. A discussion of the possible reasons for the depiction of a real person within the repertoire of miniature herms of Dionysiac character is also offered.
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The School"s major publication, the Annual of the British School at Athens, is an illustrated volume of over 300 pages, with its Centenary volume appearing in 1995. It is a peer-reviewed journal, which publishes accounts of the School"s projects and articles on a wide range of Hellenic subjects. The table of contents for Volumes 103 and 104 (2008 and 2009) are available below, along with information for contributors. The Annual is available to Subscribing Members of the School. Alternatively, contact the London Secretary for subscription information.