By Homer A. Thompson
Named after its donor, the King of Pergamon, the Stoa of Attalos used to be initially outfitted round a hundred and fifty B.C. among 1953 and 1956 this lengthy, columned, marble construction was once rebuilt via the yank institution of Classical reports to shop and exhibit reveals from the Agora excavations. utilizing unique fabrics and strategies, the trendy developers discovered a lot concerning the building and objective of the stoa, a ubiquitous classical development kind. This seriously illustrated account offers a few of their findings.
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34. BUST OF KARNEADES. Froma plaster cast of a (now lost) marble copy ofthe original bronze (Photo courtesy of The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen). 3 5 . IN HONOR OF A REVERED TEACHEK. This marble base, which once held the bronze statue of a seated man, is inscribed: ‘Attalos and Ariarathes, of the township of Sypalettos, dedicated (the statue of) Karneades’. C. The donors appear to have been young Athenians who were given the names of the rulers of two kingdoms in Asia Minor who were noted as patrons of Athenian culture.
The larger fragments are now exhibited on a pedestal in front of the terrace, the smaller are in storage. ARCHITRAVE OF THE FAFADE. 34. BUST OF KARNEADES. Froma plaster cast of a (now lost) marble copy ofthe original bronze (Photo courtesy of The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen). 3 5 . IN HONOR OF A REVERED TEACHEK. This marble base, which once held the bronze statue of a seated man, is inscribed: ‘Attalos and Ariarathes, of the township of Sypalettos, dedicated (the statue of) Karneades’.
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