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Iupiter-Columns
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the pose taken by the defeated combatant was modified to form the
necessary support for the galloping horse. Thus owing to a definite
structural requirement1 the vanquished giant of Graeco-Roman art
(figs. 442, 453, 464) became the subservient giant of the 'Jupiter-
column.'
An exceptional group from Grand in the canton of Neufchateau
shows an even quainter perversion of a classical type (fig. 48)5. For
here the god on horseback, with a thunder-drum (?),; beneath him,
1 It is, however, possible that, where the giant is represented as a half-length figure
bent or bowed beneath the sky-god's feet, there has been, some contamination with the
type of Caelus {supra i. 596°.).
2 A sardonyx cameo at Naples (Midler—Wieseler Denkm. d. alt. Kunst ii. 18 pi. 3,
34, Midler—Wieseler—Wernicke Ant. Denkm. i. 78 f. pi. 8, 3, E. Babelon in Daremberg—
Saglio Diet. Ant. ii. 1475 fig. 3513, id. La gravure en pierres fines Paris 1894 p. 130 ft.
fig. 102, Overbeck Gr. Kunstmyth. Zens p. 391 Gemmentaf. 5, 2, A. Furtwangler in the
Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1888 iii. 215 f. pi. 8, xg — id. Kleine Schriften
Miinchen 1913 ii. 207 f. pi. 26, 19, id. Ant. Gemmen i. pi. 57, 2 = my fig. 44, ii. 259, iii. 158)
signed by AO H N I Cl N, a gem-engraver who probably worked at Pergamon for the court
of Eumenes ii. Zeus in a chariot drawn by four horses drives over two serpent-legged
giants. He brandishes a thunderbolt in his right hand, while he holds the reins and a
sceptre in his left. Of the giants one is-dead, the other still full of fight swings a torch in
his right hand.
3 A green paste at Berlin (Furtwangler Geschnitt. Steinc Berlin p. 335 no. 9452,
Midler—Wieseler Denkm. d. alt. Kunst ii. 52 pi. 7, 78a = my fig. 45, L. Stephani in the
Compte-rendu St. Pet. 1865 p. 173, Overbeck Gr. Kunstmyth. Poseidon p. 333 Gem-
mentaf. 3, 1, M. Mayer Die Giganten tind Titanen Berlin 1887 p. 394 ff. fig. 3, p. 405)
represents a god on horseback attacking a giant with snaky legs. It is usual to dub this
group Poseidon and Polybotes on the strength of Paus. 1. 2. 4. But the weapon in the
god's hand is more like a thunderbolt than a 'spear.' I should therefore regard him as
Zeus, despite the rarity of the equestrian type {supra i. 19). It should be noted that
Furtwangler loc. cit. includes this paste among the 'Bei Winckelmann und Tolken irr-
thUmlich als antik verzeichnete moderne Glaspasten der Stoschischen Sammlung, zumeist
nach antiken Steinen.'
4 An oinochoe of s. iii. B.C. from Canusium published by PI. Heydemann in the
Winckelmannsfest-Progr. Halle i. pi. i=my fig. 46 (cp. E. Kuhnert in Roscher Lex.
Myth. i. 1662, M. Mayer Die Giganten und Titanen Berlin 1887 p. 392 ff. fig. 1,
H. Steinmetz in the Jahrb. d. kais. detitsch. arch. Inst. 1910 xxv. 36) shows Zeus fulmin-
ant in a four-horse chariot, with Hermes as charioteer, pursuing across the sea a giant,
who heaves up a rock in both hands : above the horses of Zeus are four stars ; above the
giant, the head of a wind-god breathing out a mighty blast.
5 A group in common stone (height i-6om), found in 1895 inside an ancient cistern at
Champ-Marguerite near Grand and now in the Museum at Nancy (G. Save—A. Schuler
' Le groupe equestre de Grand au Musee lorrain' in the Memoires de la Sociiti d'arche'o-
logie lorraine 1899 xlix. 5—34 with figs., F. Hertlein op. cit. p. 23, Esperandieu Bas-
reliefs de la Gaule Rom. vi. 202 ff. with photographic cuts of which the first two = my
fig. 47). The rider wears bay-wreath, lorica, andpaludamentum. His uplifted right hand
held a weapon. The forefeet of his horse are supported on the wings of a nude male
figure, who bears a lightning-flash—an obvious modification of Victory with a fillet.
6 Cp. e.g. Reinach Bronzes Figure's p. 156 no. 176 fig., p. 175 f. fig. (= Reinach Rep.
Stat. ii. 21 no. 6), p. 176 fig., Harrison Themis^, n^i. fig. 21, Frazer Golden Bough-':
The Magic Art i. 248, ii. 183. Supra i. 650.
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the pose taken by the defeated combatant was modified to form the
necessary support for the galloping horse. Thus owing to a definite
structural requirement1 the vanquished giant of Graeco-Roman art
(figs. 442, 453, 464) became the subservient giant of the 'Jupiter-
column.'
An exceptional group from Grand in the canton of Neufchateau
shows an even quainter perversion of a classical type (fig. 48)5. For
here the god on horseback, with a thunder-drum (?),; beneath him,
1 It is, however, possible that, where the giant is represented as a half-length figure
bent or bowed beneath the sky-god's feet, there has been, some contamination with the
type of Caelus {supra i. 596°.).
2 A sardonyx cameo at Naples (Midler—Wieseler Denkm. d. alt. Kunst ii. 18 pi. 3,
34, Midler—Wieseler—Wernicke Ant. Denkm. i. 78 f. pi. 8, 3, E. Babelon in Daremberg—
Saglio Diet. Ant. ii. 1475 fig. 3513, id. La gravure en pierres fines Paris 1894 p. 130 ft.
fig. 102, Overbeck Gr. Kunstmyth. Zens p. 391 Gemmentaf. 5, 2, A. Furtwangler in the
Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1888 iii. 215 f. pi. 8, xg — id. Kleine Schriften
Miinchen 1913 ii. 207 f. pi. 26, 19, id. Ant. Gemmen i. pi. 57, 2 = my fig. 44, ii. 259, iii. 158)
signed by AO H N I Cl N, a gem-engraver who probably worked at Pergamon for the court
of Eumenes ii. Zeus in a chariot drawn by four horses drives over two serpent-legged
giants. He brandishes a thunderbolt in his right hand, while he holds the reins and a
sceptre in his left. Of the giants one is-dead, the other still full of fight swings a torch in
his right hand.
3 A green paste at Berlin (Furtwangler Geschnitt. Steinc Berlin p. 335 no. 9452,
Midler—Wieseler Denkm. d. alt. Kunst ii. 52 pi. 7, 78a = my fig. 45, L. Stephani in the
Compte-rendu St. Pet. 1865 p. 173, Overbeck Gr. Kunstmyth. Poseidon p. 333 Gem-
mentaf. 3, 1, M. Mayer Die Giganten tind Titanen Berlin 1887 p. 394 ff. fig. 3, p. 405)
represents a god on horseback attacking a giant with snaky legs. It is usual to dub this
group Poseidon and Polybotes on the strength of Paus. 1. 2. 4. But the weapon in the
god's hand is more like a thunderbolt than a 'spear.' I should therefore regard him as
Zeus, despite the rarity of the equestrian type {supra i. 19). It should be noted that
Furtwangler loc. cit. includes this paste among the 'Bei Winckelmann und Tolken irr-
thUmlich als antik verzeichnete moderne Glaspasten der Stoschischen Sammlung, zumeist
nach antiken Steinen.'
4 An oinochoe of s. iii. B.C. from Canusium published by PI. Heydemann in the
Winckelmannsfest-Progr. Halle i. pi. i=my fig. 46 (cp. E. Kuhnert in Roscher Lex.
Myth. i. 1662, M. Mayer Die Giganten und Titanen Berlin 1887 p. 392 ff. fig. 1,
H. Steinmetz in the Jahrb. d. kais. detitsch. arch. Inst. 1910 xxv. 36) shows Zeus fulmin-
ant in a four-horse chariot, with Hermes as charioteer, pursuing across the sea a giant,
who heaves up a rock in both hands : above the horses of Zeus are four stars ; above the
giant, the head of a wind-god breathing out a mighty blast.
5 A group in common stone (height i-6om), found in 1895 inside an ancient cistern at
Champ-Marguerite near Grand and now in the Museum at Nancy (G. Save—A. Schuler
' Le groupe equestre de Grand au Musee lorrain' in the Memoires de la Sociiti d'arche'o-
logie lorraine 1899 xlix. 5—34 with figs., F. Hertlein op. cit. p. 23, Esperandieu Bas-
reliefs de la Gaule Rom. vi. 202 ff. with photographic cuts of which the first two = my
fig. 47). The rider wears bay-wreath, lorica, andpaludamentum. His uplifted right hand
held a weapon. The forefeet of his horse are supported on the wings of a nude male
figure, who bears a lightning-flash—an obvious modification of Victory with a fillet.
6 Cp. e.g. Reinach Bronzes Figure's p. 156 no. 176 fig., p. 175 f. fig. (= Reinach Rep.
Stat. ii. 21 no. 6), p. 176 fig., Harrison Themis^, n^i. fig. 21, Frazer Golden Bough-':
The Magic Art i. 248, ii. 183. Supra i. 650.