The Roman Altar Dedicated to Zeus from Velico Târnovo – Bulgaria: Reconsidered

  • Asher Ovadiah Tel Aviv University, Israel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_GERI.2011.v29.n2.40271
Keywords: altar, ant, metamorphosis, thunderbolt, Zeus.

Abstract

This Roman altar, dedicated to Zeus, was found among the ruins of a Roman civil building of the Late Empire, near the Ottoman Firuz Bey Mosque on the Carévéc hill in Velico Târnovo, Bulgaria. It is dated to the second-third century CE. The relief depicted on the altar is a sophisticated combination of a stylized and schematic thunderbolt and ant. Both are forming one entity with a dual significance and associated from the mythological point of view with Zeus.

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Published
2012-10-22
How to Cite
Ovadiah A. (2012). The Roman Altar Dedicated to Zeus from Velico Târnovo – Bulgaria: Reconsidered. Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua, 29(2), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_GERI.2011.v29.n2.40271
Issue
Vol. 29 No. 2 (2011)
Section
Discusiones

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