Possible influence of the Stesichorean epos in Sicilian indigenous cen-
ters. This paper tries t... more Possible influence of the Stesichorean epos in Sicilian indigenous cen- ters. This paper tries to identify, following what Nicola Bonacasa did especially in Himera, the possible influence of the poetic work of Stesichorus of Himera in the art of the Sicilian indigenous centers, where there are plenty of references to personages or myths that would have been treated in the poetic work of Stesichorus. Finally, it is also proposed to attribute to Stesichorus’s work the creation of the iconography of Odysseus as a traveller or pilgrim, whose oldest documentation can be observed in Sicily.
The sanctuary of Polizzello, in the territory of Mussomeli (CL), arose in the 8th century BC and ... more The sanctuary of Polizzello, in the territory of Mussomeli (CL), arose in the 8th century BC and was in use until the mid-6th century BC. After an apparent gap, it was reoccupied between the late 6th and early 5th century BC. Since its foundation, the religious activities were tied with killing of animals and consumption of their meat. The presence of cooking areas, food remains and portions of selected animals, placed in specific spaces inside the buildings, during every phase of the history of sanctuary, allows us to read in a diachronic perspective the relationship between sacrifice and sacred spaces and to investigate its social meaning. From the 7 th century BC, the encounter with the Greek world gave life to a new ritual language. The religious ceremonies, formerly based on the ritual of a collective nature, are now associated with an aristocratic ideology. At the end of the 6th century BC, in the sanctuary, now deeply hellenised, the bloody sacrifice continued to be the focus of religious practices, but in spaces, and with an organization of the ritual completely different.
Possible influence of the Stesichorean epos in Sicilian indigenous cen-
ters. This paper tries t... more Possible influence of the Stesichorean epos in Sicilian indigenous cen- ters. This paper tries to identify, following what Nicola Bonacasa did especially in Himera, the possible influence of the poetic work of Stesichorus of Himera in the art of the Sicilian indigenous centers, where there are plenty of references to personages or myths that would have been treated in the poetic work of Stesichorus. Finally, it is also proposed to attribute to Stesichorus’s work the creation of the iconography of Odysseus as a traveller or pilgrim, whose oldest documentation can be observed in Sicily.
The sanctuary of Polizzello, in the territory of Mussomeli (CL), arose in the 8th century BC and ... more The sanctuary of Polizzello, in the territory of Mussomeli (CL), arose in the 8th century BC and was in use until the mid-6th century BC. After an apparent gap, it was reoccupied between the late 6th and early 5th century BC. Since its foundation, the religious activities were tied with killing of animals and consumption of their meat. The presence of cooking areas, food remains and portions of selected animals, placed in specific spaces inside the buildings, during every phase of the history of sanctuary, allows us to read in a diachronic perspective the relationship between sacrifice and sacred spaces and to investigate its social meaning. From the 7 th century BC, the encounter with the Greek world gave life to a new ritual language. The religious ceremonies, formerly based on the ritual of a collective nature, are now associated with an aristocratic ideology. At the end of the 6th century BC, in the sanctuary, now deeply hellenised, the bloody sacrifice continued to be the focus of religious practices, but in spaces, and with an organization of the ritual completely different.
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ters. This paper tries to identify, following what Nicola Bonacasa did especially in Himera, the possible influence of the poetic work of Stesichorus of Himera in the art of the Sicilian indigenous centers, where there are plenty of references to personages or myths that would have been treated in the poetic work of Stesichorus. Finally, it is also proposed to attribute to Stesichorus’s work the creation of the iconography of Odysseus as a traveller or pilgrim, whose oldest documentation can be observed in Sicily.
century BC, the encounter with the Greek world gave life to a new ritual language. The religious ceremonies, formerly based on the ritual of a collective nature, are now associated with an aristocratic ideology.
At the end of the 6th century BC, in the sanctuary, now deeply hellenised, the bloody sacrifice continued to be the focus of religious practices, but in spaces, and with an organization of the ritual completely different.
ters. This paper tries to identify, following what Nicola Bonacasa did especially in Himera, the possible influence of the poetic work of Stesichorus of Himera in the art of the Sicilian indigenous centers, where there are plenty of references to personages or myths that would have been treated in the poetic work of Stesichorus. Finally, it is also proposed to attribute to Stesichorus’s work the creation of the iconography of Odysseus as a traveller or pilgrim, whose oldest documentation can be observed in Sicily.
century BC, the encounter with the Greek world gave life to a new ritual language. The religious ceremonies, formerly based on the ritual of a collective nature, are now associated with an aristocratic ideology.
At the end of the 6th century BC, in the sanctuary, now deeply hellenised, the bloody sacrifice continued to be the focus of religious practices, but in spaces, and with an organization of the ritual completely different.