#sebasteion

[uncleclaudius]

Claudius subduing Britannia, a panel from the Sebasteion, a temple dedicated to the Julio-Claudian dynasty in Aphrodisias, in the Roman province of Caria.

[ukdamo]

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: taken in the museum at Aphrodisias, Turkiye. One of the bas-reliefs from the monumental decorative frieze of the Sebasteion, showing Aeneas fleeing Troy.

[pandaemoniumpancakes]

Aphrodisias: Sebasteion; Augustus Sebastos (or Claudius?)

   “The deified Roman emperor Augustus Sebastos as he was depicted in the Sebasteion (shrine to the imperial cult) at Aphrodisias, Turkey. Note that the museum at Aphrodisias identifies this figure as the emperor Claudius. Shown in a dynamic pose, with Greek-inspired heroic nudity, the highly idealized representation of the emperor is flanked by allegorical beings that represent land (left) and sea (right), the former lifting a cornucopia and the latter a ship’s rudder. Now in the museum at Aphrodisias. Dated to the first century C.E.”

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Nero and Agrippina Minor, relief from the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias.

Date: A.D. 54-58

Medium: Marble

Provenience: Aphrodisias, Archaeological Museum

[kumimonster]

2020 October 29 - Aphrodisias

[ukdamo]

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: Hercules prepares to wrestle Antaios; he hangs his cloak up on a herm, depicting Pan, before the bout.

[ukdamo]

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: this detail from the Sebasteion frieze, Aphrodisias, Turkey.

[ukdamo]

Today’s Flickr photo with the most hits: this bas relief sculpture of Bellerophon, from the Sebasteion, Aphrodisias, Turkey. He stands beside Pegasus, the famed winged horse.