Temple C at Selinus, Relief depicting Perseus
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Temple C at Selinus, Relief depicting Perseus
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Published 2021-02-05T14:40:42+00:00
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Temple C was one of a succession of temples at Selinus in Sicily, built in the late 6th Century BC. The metopes - square panels high on the temple's sides - were decorated with sculpture. This metope shows Perseus cutting off Medusa's head with Athena standing by, while Pegasus, the winged horse, is born from Medusa's blood.
Selinus (modern Selinunte) was a large Greek settlement. These sculptures were found during excavations in 1822. Impressive temple remains are still visible there today
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| Date published | 05/02/2021 |
| Complessità | Easy |
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| Title | Temple C at Selinus, Relief depicting Perseus |
| Date | 6th Century BC |
| Dimension | 1.47m |
| Accession | 49 |
| Period | Archaic |
| Medium | Limestone |
| Credit | Original: Excavated in 1822 at Selinus (modern Selinunte), Sicily |
| Record | https://museum.classics.cam.ac.uk/collections/casts/temple-c-selinus-two-metopes |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University |
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