The article analyses a fragmentary female sculptural head, characterised by its colossal proportions, found by Herzog during his researches in the island and subsequently published by Laurenzi. The identification with Agrippina Minor, proposed as one of the possible hypotheses by the two scholars, is confirmed by examination of the features of the still preserved face and the hairstyle. The princess’s relations with the island are investigated on the basis of comparison with the epigraphic documentation, which attests to the worship of the Empress, both alone and with her husband Claudius, with the epithets Demeter and Carpophora and Sebastà Rhea, renowned deities of the local pantheon. The fact that it was found next to the theatre suggests that the sculpture probably belonged to it. In any case, this hypothesis can be confirmed only after archaeological excavation and study of the monumental complex, only partially brought to light.

L'articolo prende in esame una testa femminile frammentaria, di proporzioni colossali, rinvenuta da Herzog durante le sue ricerche nell'isola e in seguito pubblicata da Luciano Laurenzi. L'identificazione come Agrippina Minore, già proposta dubitativamente dai due studiosi, trova conferma nelle fattezze fisionomiche e nell'acconciatura. Il rapporto tra la principessa e il contesto dell'isola di Kos è analizzato sulla base del confronto con la documentazione epigrafica, che attesta un culto dell'imperatrice, sola o in coppia con il marito Claudio. Inoltre, si analizza il contesto di rinvenimento, avanzando l'ipotesi di una possibile pertinenza all'arredo della scena del teatro.

Forme della propaganda imperiale nel Dodecaneso un ritratto di Agrippina Minore da Kos / Belli, Roberta. - In: ARCHEOLOGIA CLASSICA. - ISSN 0391-8165. - STAMPA. - LXIX:n.s. II,8(2018), pp. 333-355.

Forme della propaganda imperiale nel Dodecaneso un ritratto di Agrippina Minore da Kos

Roberta Belli Pasqua
2018-01-01

Abstract

The article analyses a fragmentary female sculptural head, characterised by its colossal proportions, found by Herzog during his researches in the island and subsequently published by Laurenzi. The identification with Agrippina Minor, proposed as one of the possible hypotheses by the two scholars, is confirmed by examination of the features of the still preserved face and the hairstyle. The princess’s relations with the island are investigated on the basis of comparison with the epigraphic documentation, which attests to the worship of the Empress, both alone and with her husband Claudius, with the epithets Demeter and Carpophora and Sebastà Rhea, renowned deities of the local pantheon. The fact that it was found next to the theatre suggests that the sculpture probably belonged to it. In any case, this hypothesis can be confirmed only after archaeological excavation and study of the monumental complex, only partially brought to light.
2018
Forme della propaganda imperiale nel Dodecaneso un ritratto di Agrippina Minore da Kos / Belli, Roberta. - In: ARCHEOLOGIA CLASSICA. - ISSN 0391-8165. - STAMPA. - LXIX:n.s. II,8(2018), pp. 333-355.
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