THEO 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Maenad, Darius Iii, Bodrum
30 Mar 2014
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Laocoon and his sons: marble (200-25) bc, museo pio-clementino, octagon, laocoon hall, vatican museums, the prototypical icon of human agony , story of the priest laocoon from the trojan war. Explore different kinds of people, people in different status: hellenistic sculture, sees reality and physical condition of people in different ages. Interest on part of the author on stages of human life: reconstruction of victory monument with gauls at pergamon, 220 bc. Pathos and sympathy involved: they are the secret religious cults of the greco-roman period. These religions had to do with new life. Dies and goes into the underworld, as that happens, light goes with him. Related to the 7 gates of heaven: mithra is said to be the one who saved us by the shedding of his immortal blood. Salvation: salvation is a kind of rebirth and ascent. Isis and asiris: most popular of these religions.
