Pages: 149-164

The image of Πότνιος Ἳππιος occurs both in the 1st millennium BC petroglyphs of Eurasian steppes and in 8-century-BC vase paintings of Attica and Argos. Imagery created in different territories during that period features identical and repetitive iconographic schemes, similar up to a single detail (first of all, in shapes of headdresses, haircuts, etc.). Similar images of Πότνιος Ἳππιος in different cultures testifies to the importance of this type of imagery as a recorder of an important mythologem. It might also be linked to the particularities of culture genesis in Attica and Argos and can testify to the use of this imagery as ethnic-cultural and social markers.

Keywords: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean period, 8th—6th cc. BC, Vases of the Geometric Style, Horse-Leader, Small Plastic Pieces, Eurasian Steppes, II—I Millennium BC, petroglyphs, Ethnocultural and Social Markers

Information about author:

Sophia Zintchenko (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Arts. National Research University Higher School of Economics, School of History. Staraya Basmannaya St., 21/4, Moscow, 105066, Russian Federation
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