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The "secular" image: the Tyrannicides and the creation of the political monument in democratic Athens

Nemetz-Carlson, Lincoln Thomas

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2007, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, History.
At some point during the last decade of the sixth century, public statues of Harmodius and Aristogeiton were erected within the Athenian Agora. The commission of this monument to the so-called Tyrannicides was exceptional in multiple respects. These statues seem have been the first public portrait sculptures in Greece without any traditional religious, funerary or votive function. Furthermore, the murder that this monument commemorated evidently had a negligible effect on both the removal of the Peisistratids and the foundation of democracy. After first explaining how these men could have received such an honor, this thesis looks into the specifics surrounding the creation of this new political monument in an attempt to explain how the novel use of statuary was incorporated into Athenian society.
Nathan Rosenstein (Advisor)
Greg Anderson (Committee Member)
Anthony Kaldellis (Committee Member)
63 p.

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  • Nemetz-Carlson, L. T. (2007). The "secular" image: the Tyrannicides and the creation of the political monument in democratic Athens [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407408365

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Nemetz-Carlson, Lincoln. The "secular" image: the Tyrannicides and the creation of the political monument in democratic Athens. 2007. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407408365.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Nemetz-Carlson, Lincoln. "The "secular" image: the Tyrannicides and the creation of the political monument in democratic Athens." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407408365

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)