著者

羽田 康一

出版者

日本西洋古典学会

雑誌

西洋古典学研究 (ISSN:04479114)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, pp.70-83, 2004-03-05 (Released:2017-05-23)

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Objects from a wreck at Antikythera were discovered and recovered in 1900-01 and further in 1976 The shipwreck can be dated to 70-65 B C The fabrication of the Antikythera Youth (Athens, National Archaeological Museum, inv X13396 fig 1-3) is dated to 340-330 B C The bronze has been interpreted variously Victor of a ball game, Perseus showing gorgoneion, Alexandros-Paris showing an apple, or Herakles taking golden apple(s) from a tree in the Hesperides Garden But difficulties remain for each identification the Youth is not represented with any characteristic attribute (such as headgear, weapon, shoes) The proposed interpretations fail to explain why the Youth does not look at the object he has in his right hand (fig 1), nor why he draws back his right free leg, nor the precise motivation of the form of his both hands It is here argued, for the first time, that the Youth is Iason taking the Golden Fleece hung upon a tree The most important comparisons are an Apulian red-figured krater of ca 360 B C (fig 4) and a Paestan red-figured krater of ca 320-310 B C (fig 5) It is presumed that originally the Youth constituted a sculptural group with two other bronzes Reconstruction in the centre stands a tree coiled with the serpent Ladon, and on a tree branch extending toward the (our) right hangs the Golden Fleece (see fig 4, 5, 6), probably gilt On the right side of the tree, diagonally a little in front of it, stands lason with a sword or spear in his left hand, pulling the Golden Fleece with his right, and looking at Medeia, who stands on the left side of the tree offering, with her left hand, a phiale filled with magic sleeping potion toward the stretched head of the serpent (for her pose see fig 5 and the mirror image of Piraeus Artemis A, fig 7) The eyes of Iason and Medeia directed toward each other constitute the base of the isosceles triangle, the vertex of which is the tree, and close the sculptural space A female left hand from the Antikythera wreck (inv X15095 fig 8), wearing a ring on the ring finger, has a hole on the palm, where a phiale or other object was probably fixed with a stud If projected scientific analyses of the bronze alloy and the core material coincide with those of the Youth/Iason, the hand may have belonged to his Medeia Thus interpreting the Youth, we can appreciate Praxitelean principles in the group the tree used as an indispensable element (Apollon Sanroktonos), the filling of the space by the direction of eyes (Satyros pouring wine), and the movement to draw garments with a hand (a version of Knidia) On the other hand, other elements are ascribed to Lysippos, such as the relatively small head, muscular expressions, and the motif of shifting the weight from one leg on the other (Apoxyotnenos)

著者

羽田 康一 佐野 好則 山口 京一郎

出版者

東京藝術大学

雑誌

挑戦的萌芽研究

巻号頁・発行日

2012-04-01

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紀元3世紀に2人のフィロストラトスが書いた『エイコネス』(絵たち)は古代エクフラシスの代表作である。本研究では、『エイコネス』各章の記述において、造形の伝統と文学の伝統がどのように混在しているかを精細に考察し、また各作品中の複数場面を明確に区別することに努めた。個々のモチーフや描法、構図が出現したおおよその年代を、場合によってはその特定の典拠まで、推定できる事例は多い。フィロストラトス『エイコネス』全80数章と、彫刻を扱ったカッリストラトス『エクフラセイス』全14章の翻訳註解に加え、エクフラシス、第二期ソフィストなどの問題についても考察し、さらに一部の章について再現図を制作した。