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From space of victory to memorial of defeat : Delphi between 425 and 400BC
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Scott, Michael (2007) From space of victory to memorial of defeat : Delphi between 425 and 400BC. In: APA/AIA annual conference , San Diego, USA, 4 - 7 Jan 2007
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Abstract
The interstate sanctuary of Delphi has long been recognised by scholars as a place for the
memorialisation of victory by individuals, poleis and states. Recently scholars such as Anne
Jacquemin and Susan Alcock have also begun to think about how those memories, expressed through
elaborate and expensive monumental dedications, constantly challenged each other not simply for the
attention of their viewers but, more importantly, for the authority to impose on viewers their own
version of past events. (Re)creating the past through spatial, architectural and artistic contestation
within the sacred space of Delphi dramatically affected the layout of the sanctuary, the experience of
its visitors and their perception of the Greek world. Despite defining Delphi in this way, scholars have
failed to examine the sanctuary in ways which would seem most pertinent to a better understanding of
these processes. Dedications are still most often studied in isolation from their surroundings within the
sanctuary, and the sanctuary as a whole is often studied through synchronic two-dimensional plans
which fail to offer the scholar any understanding of the sanctuary’s appearance when each dedication
was erected. By contrast, in this paper, I focus on the period between 425 and 400 and argue that
several individual dedications were placed and designed so as to challenge previous dedications
within the sanctuary. These inter-relationships, in turn, served to create the monuments’ principal
messages.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History | ||||
Official Date: | 2007 | ||||
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Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Also presented at The Classical Association Annual conference 2007, University of Birmingham 12 -15 April 2007 | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | APA/AIA annual conference | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | San Diego, USA | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 4 - 7 Jan 2007 | ||||
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