Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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The Iconography of the Antique Hero in the Balkan Area 169 and during Roman times this motive will be largely diffused in area accustomed to this type of representations. The area of diffusion of both Thracian Rider and Danubian Riders might point to a clue as regarding the origin of their representation, namely the Balkan area. This motive will continue its existence long after the end of Antiquity and the popular traditions from the Romanian milieu where the image of the horse and rider appears as a decorative motif in all the media of popular art (Marinescu 1980, 293) might make a point. At this level of representation, the horse becomes a comrade, guide and mentor for the men. The hero rider regains his forces due to this association, being thus able to accomplish all the deeds to which he is subjected, and only afterwards becoming a saviour personage (Marinescu 1980, 298). REFERENCES Anthony-Brown 1991 Anthony, D. W.-Brown, D. R., The origins of horseback riding, Antiquity, 65, 246, 22-28. Alexandrescu 1983 Alexandrescu, R, Le groupe de trésors thraces du nord des Balkans (I), Dacia N. S., XXVII, 45-66. Barnea 2006 Barnea, AL, Eroul Cavaler, IN: Mihäilescu-Birliba, L.-Bounegru, O. (eds.), Studia Historiae et Religionis Daco-Romanae. In honorem Silvii Sanie, Bucuresti, 99-103. Barr 1996 Barr, A. E., Horse and Rider Plaques at Ilion. A preliminary study of the Hellenistic Hero cult in Asia Minor, Studia Troica, 6,133-157. Barringer 2001 Barringer, J., Hunting in Ancient Greece, Baltimore and London. Bíró 1996 Bíró, M. T., The relation of the Mother Goddess and the Thracian and Danubian Equestrian Gods, SpecNova, 12, 97-107. Blawatsky 1982 Blawatsky, H. R, The Theosophical Glossary, London. Boardman 1988 Boardman, J., Material culture, IN: Boardman, J. (ed.), The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. IV (Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean, c. 525 to 479 BC), Cambridge, 414-430. Bouzek 1986 Bouzek, J., Les contacts entre la Grece et la Thrace: objects en bronze et céramique, VIIIe-VIe s. av.n.e, IN: Thracia Pontica III. Troisieme Symposium International. Theme générale “Les Thraces et les colonies grecques, VII-V s.av.n.”, Sozopol, 6-12 octobre 1985, Sofia, 20-30. Bouzek-Ondrejová 1987 Bouzek, J.-Ondrejová, L, Some notes on the relations of the Thracian, Macedonian, Iranian and Scythian arts in the fourth century B.C., Eirene, 24, 67-93. Condurachi 1981 Condurachi, E., A propos de la genese de l’iconographie du Cavalier Thrace, IN: Kahil, L.-Augé, C. (eds.), Mythologie Gréco-romaine, Mythologie Périphérique. Etudes d’iconographie, Paris, 63-66. Delemen 2004 Delemen, L, A Grave Stele from Barbaros on the Propontis, EpigAnata, ЪТ, 189-195. Dimitrova 2002 Dimitrova, N., Inscriptions and Iconography in the Monuments of the Thracian Rider, Hesperia, 71, 2, 209-229. Farnell 1921 Farnell, L. R., Greek hero cult and the Ideas of Immortality, Oxfrod. Gardner 2003 Gardner, J., The World of Myths: The Roman Myths, London. Ghedini 1992 Ghedini, E, Caccia e banchetto: Un rapporto difficile, RdA, 16, 72-88. Gocheva 1998 Gocheva, Z., Particularités de l’iconographie du Cavalier Thrace a Odessos et dans son territoire, Pulpudeva, VI, Supplementum, Sofia, 121-128. Grimal 2003 Grimal, P, Dictionar de mitologie greacä si romanä, Bucuresti. Jones 2010 Jones, Ch., New Heroes in Antiquity. From Achilles to Antinoos, London.
