From the territory of Piazza Armerina in Sicily, comes a lead slab of the VI c. B.C. with a representation of special interest. There has been a Dionysian procession composed of two groups of satyrs and Sileni. Each character takes a grape vine and a rope attached to a carrus navalis within which there is Dionysus. The deity holds the rhython between two satyrs are playing the double-reed aulos. At present studies, the figurative theme, in addition to the slab found in Sicily, is present on three Attic black-figure vases (VI c. B.C.). The representation seems to refer to the Anthesteria, festivities in honor of Dionysus, linked to wine and celebrated in Athens in the spring. The figurative and written sources documenting the stages of the ceremony that took place over three days. The festival included the opening of jars of clay containing the wine produced after the autumn harvest and their transport in the sanctuary of Dionysus. During the central phase of the ceremony called Choes, the day of the ‘mugs’, was held a competition among the drinkers, whose beginning was marked by the sound of one or more wind musical instruments. Furthermore, it was celebrated, probably with a procession, the arrival of Dionysus from the sea in a chariot-shaped in an atmosphere of great joy. The scene of the slab would be one of singular examples of evocation of the procession and, probably, the representation of ritual repetition of the ceremony. It is likely that during the feast, was carried around the statue of Dionysos on a chariot- shaped or someone to assume the role of deity surrounded by men dressed as satyrs playing the aulos. The representation of the slab could be a rare proof of the movement in the ancient Greek world of images of the music, related to the Dionysian sphere, through the “cartoons” used as a model by Attic potters for their vase paintings.
La raffigurazione di una lastra di piombo, proveniente dal territorio di Piazza Armerina del VI sec. a.C. e acquistata dal Museo Archeologico Regionale di Agrigento, è di particolare interesse. Vi è rappresentato un corteo dionisiaco composto da due gruppi di satiri e di sileni, ciascuno dei quali tiene un tralcio di vite e una corda collegata ad un carrus navalis dentro cui è raffigurato Dioniso che regge il corno potorio tra due satiri impegnati a suonare l’aulos a canne doppie. Allo stato attuale degli studi, questo tema figurativo, oltre alla lastra rinvenuta in Sicilia, è presente su tre vasi attici a figure nere, databili agli ultimi decenni del VI sec. a.C. La raffigurazione sembra riferirsi alle Antesterie, festività in onore di Dioniso, legate al vino e celebrate in primavera ad Atene. Le fonti scritte e figurative documentano le fasi della cerimonia che si svolgeva nell’arco di tre giorni e prevedeva l’apertura delle giare d'argilla dove era stato conservato il vino dopo il raccolto autunnale, il loro trasporto nel santuario di Dioniso e l’assaggio del vino nuovo. Durante la fase centrale della festa chiamata Choes, il ‘giorno dei boccali’, veniva disputata una gara tra bevitori, il cui inizio era segnato dal suono di uno o più strumenti musicali a fiato. Inoltre, veniva celebrato, probabilmente con un corteo, l'arrivo di Dioniso dal mare su un carro a forma di nave in un’atmosfera di grande allegria. La scena della lastra sarebbe uno dei singolari esempi di evocazione della processione, tuttavia non va escluso che possa essere la rappresentazione della ripetizione rituale della cerimonia. È verosimile che, durante la festa, venisse portata in giro una statua di Dioniso su un carro a forma di barca o che qualcuno assumesse il ruolo del dio circondato da altri uomini mascherati da satiri che suonavano l’aulos. Allo stato attuale degli studi, la lastra è una rarissima testimonianza della circolazione di disegni con particolari motivi iconografico-musicali e un fortunato caso di conservazione del “cartone” della scena dionisiaca presente nelle officine dei ceramisti attici della fine del VI sec. a.C.
Bellia, A. (2011). La lastra plumbea di Piazza Armerina (VI sec. a.C.), Archetipo di iconografia musicale dionisiaca?. IMAGO MUSICAE, XXIV, 11-20.
La lastra plumbea di Piazza Armerina (VI sec. a.C.), Archetipo di iconografia musicale dionisiaca?
Bellia A
2011-01-01
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From the territory of Piazza Armerina in Sicily, comes a lead slab of the VI c. B.C. with a representation of special interest. There has been a Dionysian procession composed of two groups of satyrs and Sileni. Each character takes a grape vine and a rope attached to a carrus navalis within which there is Dionysus. The deity holds the rhython between two satyrs are playing the double-reed aulos. At present studies, the figurative theme, in addition to the slab found in Sicily, is present on three Attic black-figure vases (VI c. B.C.). The representation seems to refer to the Anthesteria, festivities in honor of Dionysus, linked to wine and celebrated in Athens in the spring. The figurative and written sources documenting the stages of the ceremony that took place over three days. The festival included the opening of jars of clay containing the wine produced after the autumn harvest and their transport in the sanctuary of Dionysus. During the central phase of the ceremony called Choes, the day of the ‘mugs’, was held a competition among the drinkers, whose beginning was marked by the sound of one or more wind musical instruments. Furthermore, it was celebrated, probably with a procession, the arrival of Dionysus from the sea in a chariot-shaped in an atmosphere of great joy. The scene of the slab would be one of singular examples of evocation of the procession and, probably, the representation of ritual repetition of the ceremony. It is likely that during the feast, was carried around the statue of Dionysos on a chariot- shaped or someone to assume the role of deity surrounded by men dressed as satyrs playing the aulos. The representation of the slab could be a rare proof of the movement in the ancient Greek world of images of the music, related to the Dionysian sphere, through the “cartoons” used as a model by Attic potters for their vase paintings.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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