Treasury of The Siphnians

Treasury of The Siphnians

530 BCE

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Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)

Design Elements

Greece (nation)

Delphi (inhabited place)

Archaic (Greek)

friezes (ornamental areas)

treasuries

battles

View of a lion at the front of a chariot attacking a giant in armor while others battle around them, from the north frieze from the Treasury of the Siphnians, Gigantomachy. "On the long, north side of the building facing the Sacred Way, the frieze depicts a single subject: a battle between the gods and the giants. It was a subject familiar to artists of the archaic period, especially to vase painters, though previously it had not been treated in such monumental form ... Further to the right Dionysos, wearing a panther skin over a short chiton, strides toward an oncoming foe. A substantial portion of his name is preserved on the molding beneath his feet. Alongside him a goddess, once assumed to be Cybele on the basis of her lion-drawn chariot, has been identified by Brinkmann as Themis ... Ahead the lions savagely attack a giant who tries to flee,"--Perseus Digital Library.

marble (rock)

Length: 8.6 meters, Heigth" 0.64 meter

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