RT Journal Article
T1 Revisiting the Leda Mosaic found at Kornmarkt, Trier (Augusta Treverorum)
A1 Neira Jimenez, Maria Luz
AB This article aims to review the representations of the exceptional mosaic found in the vicinity of the Kornmarktin Trier, which, since its discovery, has been subject to different interpretations.Undoubtedly, the unique character and the inexplicable, at least in appearance, conjugation of the two mainscenes, with various inscriptions, in the two large concave octagons that stand out in the geometric scheme ofthe field, that is, a scene perhaps of sleight of hand and another of mythological inspiration with the birth ofHelena, have given rise to theories, among others, as opposite as the representation of a mystery cult and, inthe completely opposite sense, another that identifies it as an expression of the mockery of traditional cults fromthe most critical Christian sectors of Augusta Treverorum.In this paper, however, the analysis of the figures contained in the geometric compartments in the shape of acircle and a spindle, with servants and saltatrices, who are also identified by epigraphs with their own names,sheds light on the interpretation of the mosaic. In this regard, the consideration of some parallels for the figuresof servants and saltatrices, as well as information from literary sources and the context of the ancient AugustaTreverorum in which the mosaic was commissioned are equally revealing when drawing our conclusions. onthe identification of a banquet, including the entertainments of the comissatio.
PB Uludag University Mosaic Research Centre
SN 1309-047X
YR 2022
FD 2022-11-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/37918
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/37918
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 30 jun. 2024