Ludovisi Throne (Left Panel) Hetaera
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Name/Title
Ludovisi Throne (Left Panel) HetaeraEntry/Object ID
75G0606Description
A relief of a nude woman who is seated and playing the flute. One leg is crossed over the other. She was a hetaera, or courtesan and they were affiliated with worship at temples of Aphrodite.Type of Sculpture
ReliefArtwork Details
Medium
PlasterContext
This relief was part of the transition from Archaic to Classical style artwork. The relief is part of a larger set of three, also featuring a woman burning incense, and the emergence of a woman flanked by two attendants. Most interpretations of the image are of either Aphrodite emerging from her birth from the sea, or Persephone emerging from the Underworld. Either description is heavily based in mythology, and as such were probably homage to either goddess. May have been part of an alter rather than a throne.Made/Created
Date made
476 BCE - 460 BCETime Period
ClassicalEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Greek