Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Title
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Date
334 BCE
Identifier
5514
Alternative Title or Name
Lamp of Diogenes
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Athens (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Late Classical
Subject
choragic monuments
Description
View of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. "Erected in honour of victory at the Great (or City) Dionysia festival, the Monument of Lysicrates has a 9.5-foot- (2.9-metre-) square foundation that is 13 feet (4 metres) high and is topped by a circular edifice 21 feet (6.4 metres) high made of Pentelic marble. Upon this edifice rests a circular structure supported by six Corinthian columns—the earliest surviving examples of that order. The entablature of the monument supports a shallow dome, which in turn is the base of three scrolls intended to hold the tripod trophy (now missing). A frieze on the entablature shows the Tyrrhenian pirates being turned into dolphins by the god Dionysus,"--Encyclopedia Britannica.
Material/Medium
marble (rock)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
38
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
GPB-GRK2-1259
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