Feline-Prey Theme in Archaic Greek Art
Claasification, Distribution, Origin, Iconographical Context

Stockholm Studies in Classical Archaeology, No. 13


By Sven von Hofsten
December 2007
Stockholm University
Distributed by Coronet Books Inc.
ISBN: 9789185445608
127 pages, Illustrated, 7 1/2 x 10 1/4"
$89.50 Paper Original


This study is an investigation of motifs in Archaic Greek art which render lions and panthers attacking another animal, mostly a bull, deer or boar. The study is based on all published objects and monuments on which the theme occurs. These cases are presented and describe in a catalogue comprising almost six hundred entries.

Sociology


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