Divine rape as funeral motif

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Пилиповић, С. М. (2002). Divine rape as funeral motif: Example of stela from Viminacium, (32), 61-88. doi:10.2298/BALC0233061P
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Title

Divine rape as funeral motif

Subtitle

Example of stela from Viminacium

Author

Сања, М, Пилиповић

Journal

Balcanica

Volume
Issue

32-33

Start page

61

End page

88

ISSN

0350-7653

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/BALC0233061P

URL

http://dais.sanu.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4126

Date

2002-2019/08/12/16:19:04

Abstract

The theme of rape in the decorative program of the stela of M. Valerius Speratus from Viminacium and his wife Lucia Aphrodisia is expressed in the composition of the Rape of Kore and the Rape of Europa. This paper attempts to understand the said myths and their pictorial representations as funeral symbols of the after-death journey of the soul. Possible geopolitical meaning of the myth of the Rape of Europa has also been taken into consideration. The stela from Viminacium have also been viewed in relation to the monuments with the similar representations in the neighboring Danubian provinces.

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