Enthroned Goddess from Tarentum or Locri (Persephone, Hera, or Aphrodite) 475-450 BCE

"Both rulers [Haides and Persephone] shiver on their throne, and bid lead the dog away. Me [Theseus] also they give as boon to Alcides' [Herakles'] prayer."

-Seneca, Hercules Furens 760 ff (trans. Miller) (Roman tragedy C1st A.D.)

"Throning Goddess, marble statue supposed to be Persephone, queen of the underworld, 480-460 BC, found in Taranto, Italy. (Berlin inventory number Sk 1761), Pergamon Museum, Berlin".  













Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Throning_goddess_(Persephone)_480-460_BC_(Sk_1761)_1.JPG

https://www.facebook.com/altesmuseum/photos/kopf-der-sog-thronenden-g%C3%B6ttin-von-tarentwohl-aus-tarent-wobei-auch-lokri-als-fu/191792480842314/

http://ancientrome.ru/art/artworken/img.htm?id=3114

http://www.ipernity.com/doc/26252/29579635

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/die-g%C3%B6ttin-von-tarent-%E2%80%93-ein-westgriechisches-kultbild/WgHvuhuXTSFbdw?hl=de

https://www.famedisud.it/berlino-sottoposta-a-scansione-laser-la-dea-in-trono-di-taranto-la-citta-jonica-forse-avra-la-sua-copia-entro-fine-anno/

 

Quote:

https://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/Persephone.html

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