STATUES OF SIRENS IN EGYPT; RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM AND ARTISTIC ICONOGRAPHY

نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية

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Lecturer, Tourist guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Alexandria University

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Siren is one of the nymphs accompanying goddess Artemis and is depicted with the upper body of a woman and often with the legs and feet of a bird. She is frequently portrayed playing a musical instrument. She is mentioned in Homer’s epic, where it is known that she brings ruin to sailors with her enchanting music and sweet voice, captivating them. Furthermore, the iconography of Siren was attested in art in diverse contexts. Thus, the aim of the research is to examine the depiction of sirens throughout different historical periods, and examine how it was portrayed and the symbolic significance it carried in each period. This paper examines the religious symbolism of such creature according to the ancient Greek sources and comparing it to the religious role of ba bird in ancient Egypt. Moreover, the research aims to throw the light on the artworks that depicts Sirens in Egypt; namely the statue of Siren in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo (27506, 27507) and that of the Græco-Roman Museum in Alexandria (10443,10578,19253,21872,24162,23334,26003)

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