38. Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor(present day Turkey) Hellenistic Greek. 175 BCE Marble

Form

-Altar placed on an elevated platform up a dramatic flight of stairs -7 ½ foot high frieze over 400 feet long warps around the monument -Ionic columns frame the monument

Content

--Created during the Hellenistic Period in Pergamon, Turkey -Alexander the Great Hellenized from Egypt to the Indus Valley. -Parallels made between King Attalo's victory over the Gauls in a recent war, Alexander the Great's defeat of the Persians, and the god's defeat over the giants in mythology.

Function

-Altar dedicated to Zeus

Context

Context

Additional Information

--In the 1800s, the Prussians wanted to mimic French and British culture, so they created the Pergamon Museum, the Pergamon Museum of Berlin recreated the Alter of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon very well.