Monday 28 May 2012

Ioannina Archaeological Museum, Bronze Eagle, Dodoni




Bronze Eagle, Dodona



(added after comments below)


Excavated in 1967


From Julia Vokotopoulou's Guide to Ioannina Museum (Odigos Mouseiou Ioanninon, Athens,1973)

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5 comments:

  1. David Dodson10 July 2016 at 04:10

    This Dodona eagle seems an extraordinary work for its time, so modern. Yet I find online neither much praise nor doubt of authenticity. Why? (dodsoon@gmail.com)

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  2. Jim10 July 2016 at 05:07

    There is a reference here:
    http://ancient-greece.org/archaeology/dodona.html
    I will check some books. Maybe address the question to the Director of the Museum (as I had accepted the dating, description and authenticity as presented)?

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  3. David Dodson10 July 2016 at 16:52

    Another photo of it is on the cover of Sotirios Dakaris, hon. prof. @ uni. Ioannina', "Dodona", 4th edn 2010, Archeo. Receipts Fund, Panepistimiou 57, 10564 Athens, www.tap.gr. I gather Dakaris led a 2nd period of excavation post-1950. "Cover illustration: Bronze eagle (h. 0.07 m.) poised on the lotus-like head of a sceptre that would have been held by Zeus on his throne. The eagle's head is turned towards the god, ready to fly at his slightest nod. A fine early 5th c. BC work. Ioannina, Archeo. Mus. Inv. no 2675." The lack of more detail in this book seems odd.

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  4. Jim10 July 2016 at 19:31

    I have the Ministry of Culture official guide (4th Edition, 2000) by Sotirios Dakaris. I assume he must have written a much more detailed scientific study of the archaeological finds?

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  5. Jim18 July 2016 at 04:44

    I have located my copy of Julia Vokotopoulou's Guide to Ioannina Museum (1973), in which she does describe this 1967 excavation find; she writes about the eagle with great admiration and praises the dynamic strength and superb artistry of the piece.

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