네레이드 신전 (Nereid Monument). 대영 박물관(The British Museum). 런던(London)

네레이드 신전 (Nereid Monument).

대영 박물관(The British Museum). 런던(London). 영국(England)

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Three Nereids

From the Nereid Monument, Xanthos, about 390-380 BC

 

The three figures are sea nymphs, daughters of the sea god Nereus, riding over the waves on sea creatures. They are thought to have escorted the soul of the deceased on its journey to the afterlife. A sea bird is visible under the feet of the nymph to the far right and partially preserved dolphins support the others. Their dramatic, wind-blown drapery is clinging and almost transparent, wet with sea spray. They were originally placed between the columns of the tomb.

Sculpture 912. 910. 900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statue from the Nereid Monument

Lykian, about 390-380 BC
From Xanthos, (modern Günük, south-western Turkey)

 

The daughters of the sea-deities Nereus and Doris are known as Nereids. Numbering between 50 and 100, they were popular figures in Greek literature. They were believed to be personifications of the waves of the ocean, and benign toward humanity. The best known of the Nereids were Amphitrite, consort of Poseidon (a sea and earthquake god); Thetis, wife of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and mother of the hero Achilles; and Galatea.

This figure is draped in a fine chiton (tunic), its folds enlivened by the rush of the sea breeze against her. A mantle falls over her left shoulder. She was carried along by a sea bird visible below the hem of her skirt. Her portrayal here is perhaps meant to suggest the means by which the soul of the deceased was transported to the afterlife.

L. Burn, The British Museum book of Gre (London, The British Museum Press, 1991)

 

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