The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography
Literary testimonies for the Greek concept of Apollo’s swan chariot and the accompanying set of ideas were often discussed alongside some comparable Central and North European iconographic representations. This study approaches the problem by collating, with a help of structural analysis, a number o...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
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| description | Literary testimonies for the Greek concept of Apollo’s swan chariot and the accompanying set of ideas were often discussed alongside some comparable Central and North European iconographic representations. This study approaches the problem by collating, with a help of structural analysis, a number of highly specific complex prehistoric iconographic arrangements (most notably the Dupljaja chariot), which suggest a similar concept was indeed current in the tradition of some European pre-literate societies. The principles employed here in the iconographic analysis of complex symbolic structures, offered a sound methodological basis for comparing literary with iconographic sources. It is concluded that their underlying muthos represents an account of the annual solar movement in terms of anthropomorphic causation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-642c11d164944ffea1c54b44afe153042023-01-18T09:20:10ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922016-12-014310.4312/dp.43.23The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconographyTomislav Bilić0Archaeological museum in ZagrebLiterary testimonies for the Greek concept of Apollo’s swan chariot and the accompanying set of ideas were often discussed alongside some comparable Central and North European iconographic representations. This study approaches the problem by collating, with a help of structural analysis, a number of highly specific complex prehistoric iconographic arrangements (most notably the Dupljaja chariot), which suggest a similar concept was indeed current in the tradition of some European pre-literate societies. The principles employed here in the iconographic analysis of complex symbolic structures, offered a sound methodological basis for comparing literary with iconographic sources. It is concluded that their underlying muthos represents an account of the annual solar movement in terms of anthropomorphic causation.https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/7021water-birdsApolloiconographic analysisDupljajasun |
| spellingShingle | Tomislav Bilić The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography Documenta Praehistorica water-birds Apollo iconographic analysis Dupljaja sun |
| title | The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography |
| title_full | The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography |
| title_fullStr | The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography |
| title_full_unstemmed | The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography |
| title_short | The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography |
| title_sort | swan chariot of a solar deity greek narratives and prehistoric iconography |
| topic | water-birds Apollo iconographic analysis Dupljaja sun |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/7021 |
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