Hunters, Heroes, Kings

The Frieze of Tomb II at Vergina

By (author) Hallie M. Franks

Book cover: Hunters, Heroes, Kings

Extent: 250 pages

Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Subjects: Art & Art History, Classical Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Ancient Art and Architecture in Context

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(October 2012)

ISBN: 9780876619667

9.49 x 11.5 inches

Price: $74.95

In stock

PDF (Published)

(October 2012)

ISBN: 9781621390107

Price: $60.00

This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander the Great. The hunting scene on the frieze reflects the construction of Macedonian royal identity through the appeal to specific and long-standing cultural traditions, which emerged, long before Alexanders reign, out of a complex negotiation of claims to heroic and local dynastic pasts, regional ideals of kingship, and models of royal behavior provided by the East.

  • By (author) Hallie M. Franks