greek-museums:Archaeological Museum of Brauron:The “Relief of the Gods”This marble votive relief dep
greek-museums:Archaeological Museum of Brauron:The “Relief of the Gods”This marble votive relief depicts Zeus sitting with the Delian triad; Leto, Apollo and Artemis. On the missing part of the scene it is possible that Iphigeneia and Orestes were depicted, riding on a charriot drawn by deers.You can see a charriot drawn by deers with a little girl riding here.According to the literary tradition of Athens the sanctuary of Brauron was were Iphigeneia brought the wooden statue of Artemis she took with her from the sanctuary of Tauri, where she acted as a priestess of Artemis when her brother Orestes rescued her. According to the literary tradition Iphigeneia became a priestess of Artemis in Brauron.Quite often tragedies such as the ones written about the royal house of the Atreidae are presented to us as impenetrable riddles and even more often the solving of such riddles is approached as if it will provide answers to the most difficult questions about human nature. The role of gods and their particular relationships in the motivation of the tragic events is very often completely disregarded. But worship in the antiquity is inextricably tied to social and cultural life and with a closer look we realize that the “riddles” are nothing more than the mortar that brought the structure of ancient life together. -- source link