Iconografía de las divinidades fluviales en la musivaria romana: el caso del Eurotas.
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2019
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Gómez Mayordomo, A. (2019). Iconografía de las divinidades fluviales en la musivaria romana: el caso del Eurotas. Diacronía, 1, 49-67.
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Los dioses-río pueden aparecer en la musivaria romana bien de forma aislada, normalmente encerrando un mensaje simbólico como alegoría de la fertilidad; bien formando parte de composiciones más complejas en las que se representen determinadas escenas relativas a los mitos, narrados por autores clásicos como Apolodoro u Ovidio. A su vez, es muy frecuente la representación de personificaciones fluviales que son testigos de hechos míticos, en el que desempeñan un papel más o menos pasivo en la escena, pero que, sin embargo, a través de su figura se refuerza el mensaje simbólico de la representación. En este artículo se verá el caso del Eurotas, río de Esparta, cuyas riberas fueron el ambiente propicio para determinados acontecimientos mitológicos.
River-gods may appear in the Roman mosaics alone without others figures, usually including a symbolic message as an allegory of fertility; or forming part of more complex compositions in which certain scenes are represented connected to the myths, narrated by classical authors such as Apollodorus or Ovid. Likewise, it is very common the representation of fluvial personifications that are witnesses of mythical events, in which they play a more or less passive role on the scene, but which, however, through their figure, it reinforces the symbolic message of the representation. In this article we will see the case of Eurotas, river of Sparta, whose banks were the propitious environment for certain mythological events.
River-gods may appear in the Roman mosaics alone without others figures, usually including a symbolic message as an allegory of fertility; or forming part of more complex compositions in which certain scenes are represented connected to the myths, narrated by classical authors such as Apollodorus or Ovid. Likewise, it is very common the representation of fluvial personifications that are witnesses of mythical events, in which they play a more or less passive role on the scene, but which, however, through their figure, it reinforces the symbolic message of the representation. In this article we will see the case of Eurotas, river of Sparta, whose banks were the propitious environment for certain mythological events.











