The Mutilation of the Herms

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Eva Keuls suggests that Athens' women were behind the mutilation of the herms. I discuss her theory in section 14 of my book(let) The Mutilation of the Herms: Unpacking an Ancient Mystery -- http://www.amazon.com/The-Mutilation-Herms-Unpacking-ebook/dp/B007JKKR5M Data Driven Marketing, Commerce Marketing, Ancient Athens, Ancient Greece, Art Of Manliness, Aleta, Ancient Mysteries, University Of California, Reign

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Eva Keuls suggests that Athens' women were behind the mutilation of the herms. I discuss her theory in section 14 of my book(let) The Mutilation of the Herms: Unpacking an Ancient Mystery -- http://www.amazon.com/The-Mutilation-Herms-Unpacking-ebook/dp/B007JKKR5M

Diocleides allegedly saw the hermokopidae milling around the Theater of Dionysus in the middle of the night before they'd vandalized the statues. He had woken up early because he had to walk down to Laurium in southern Attica, some 20 or 25 miles away, to collect a payment from a slave who was working the silver mines there. Attica, How To Wake Up Early, Nea, Milling, Dionysus, Allegedly, Athens, Statues

Diocleides allegedly saw the hermokopidae milling around the Theater of Dionysus in the middle of the night before they'd vandalized the statues. He had woken up early because he had to walk down to Laurium in southern Attica, some 20 or 25 miles away, to collect a payment from a slave who was working the silver mines there.

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A symposium scene on a red-figure vase. It was at parties such as this that the Eleusinian Mysteries were performed, outside of their appropriate context. It was a great sacrilege that was uncovered during the Athenians' investigation into the vandalism of the herms. Ancient Art, Ancient Greek, Ancient Greece Facts, Guy Debord, Parc A Theme, Classical Greece, Greek Pantheon, Grece Antique, Greek Statues

A symposium scene on a red-figure vase. It was at parties such as this that the Eleusinian Mysteries were performed, outside of their appropriate context. It was a great sacrilege that was uncovered during the Athenians' investigation into the vandalism of the herms.

Aristophanes refers to the hermokopidae--literally "herm choppers"--in lines 1093-1094 of his play Lysistrata: "If you're smart [he says to a chorus of men sporting huge erections], you'll close your coats lest the hermokopidae see you." Classic Literature, Classic Books, Solomon Northup, The Joy Luck Club, Upton Sinclair, Ken Kesey, Fear And Trembling, Amy Tan, Shirley Jackson

Aristophanes refers to the hermokopidae--literally "herm choppers"--in lines 1093-1094 of his play Lysistrata: "If you're smart [he says to a chorus of men sporting huge erections], you'll close your coats lest the hermokopidae see you."

The Mutilation of the Herms: Unpacking an Ancient Mystery

Cover of the paperback version of The Mutilation of the Herms.

The Mutilation of the Herms: Unpacking an Ancient Mystery

The cover of my Kindle book, The Mutilation of the Herms: Unpacking an Ancient Mystery

Our principal source for the mutilation of the herms is Andocides' speech On the Mysteries.

A fragment of one of the inscriptions that recorded the sale of property confiscated from those found guilty in the scandals of 415 B.C.

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The Temple of Hephaestus, in Athens' agora, where Diocleides allegedly talked to one of the hermokopidai, Euphemus.

The charismatic Alcibiades, who had been appointed as general of the upcoming expedition to Sicily, was implicated in the profanation of the Mysteries. Alfons Mucha, Andrew Bird, Alex Grey, Anais Nin, Alberto Moravia, Lorenzo Bernini, Marble Bust

The charismatic Alcibiades, who had been appointed as general of the upcoming expedition to Sicily, was implicated in the profanation of the Mysteries.

This 17th-century engraving by Pietro Testa depicts the drunken Alcibiades interrupting a more sedate get-together (as described by Plato in his dialogue Symposium). Canvas Print Wall, Framed Prints, Socrates, British Museum, Goldfish, Woodcut, Gifts In A Mug

This 17th-century engraving by Pietro Testa depicts the drunken Alcibiades interrupting a more sedate get-together (as described by Plato in his dialogue Symposium).

The Theater of Dionysus, near the Acropolis in Athens, where Diocleides said he saw the hermokopidai ("herm-choppers") gathered before they went out to mutilate the statues.

The investigation into the mutilation of the herms led to the discovery of a series of unrelated offenses: the profanation of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Pictured is an excavation site at Eleusis, some 20 miles northwest of Athens. Wroclaw, Vilnius, Patras, Umea, Stavanger, Aarhus, Reykjavik, Monuments, Empire Romain

The investigation into the mutilation of the herms led to the discovery of a series of unrelated offenses: the profanation of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Pictured is an excavation site at Eleusis, some 20 miles northwest of Athens.

The herms were mutilated in late May or early June of 415 B.C., shortly before the Athenians launched their expedition to Sicily. The expedition would end in disaster two years later.

A red-figure vase from the early fifth century B.C. showing a herm.

The Mutilation of the Herms

Pictures related to the so-called "mutilation of the herms," a city-wide act of vandalism that led to a sort of witch hunt in Athens in 415 B.C. The incident is…

18 Pins

11y

Collection by

Debra Hamel

Similar ideas popular now

Athens

Ancient Greece

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University Of California

Debra Hamel

The Mutilation of the Herms

The Mutilation of the Herms: Unpacking an Ancient Mystery

Cover of the paperback version of The Mutilation of the Herms.

The Mutilation of the Herms: Unpacking an Ancient Mystery

The cover of my Kindle book, The Mutilation of the Herms: Unpacking an Ancient Mystery

Our principal source for the mutilation of the herms is Andocides' speech On the Mysteries.

A fragment of one of the inscriptions that recorded the sale of property confiscated from those found guilty in the scandals of 415 B.C.

Greek And Roman Mythology

The Temple of Hephaestus, in Athens' agora, where Diocleides allegedly talked to one of the hermokopidai, Euphemus.

The charismatic Alcibiades, who had been appointed as general of the upcoming expedition to Sicily, was implicated in the profanation of the Mysteries.

This 17th-century engraving by Pietro Testa depicts the drunken Alcibiades interrupting a more sedate get-together (as described by Plato in his dialogue Symposium).

The Theater of Dionysus, near the Acropolis in Athens, where Diocleides said he saw the hermokopidai ("herm-choppers") gathered before they went out to mutilate the statues.

The herms were mutilated in late May or early June of 415 B.C., shortly before the Athenians launched their expedition to Sicily. The expedition would end in disaster two years later.

A red-figure vase from the early fifth century B.C. showing a herm.

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