Open AccessБоспорские «Ники»
Author(s) -
Igor Schaub
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
arheologičeskie vesti
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1817-6976
DOI - 10.31600/1817-6976-2020-29-155-161
Subject(s) - iconography , barbarian , victory , art , nike , object (grammar) , ancient history , history , art history , philosophy , law , politics , linguistics , political science , advertising , business
This article is devoted to refuting of an established concept according to which female winged anthropomorphic characters at monuments of ancient art found in Bosporan burial mounds depicted Nike. The presence of the goddess of victory on object from burial inventory has not been explained. The author assumes that a female role at iconography of Nike has been reconsidered. The images on important ritual objects allow suggesting that barbarian inhabitants of the Bosporus saw their own goddess in the image of the winged woman, one of incarnations of the Great goddess.