Abstract

Eros: limb-loosening, bittersweet, pain inducing, merciless, sweet-tempered, allabounding, languishing, invincible, irresistible, graceful, tender. The God of Love is at the heart of this rich exhibition bringing together 272 objects, dating from sixth century BC to fourth century AD, sourced from fifty museums across Greece, Cyprus, Italy and France. Showcasing items from vases, pottery and jewellery to marble and terracotta groups and figurines, Eros: from Hesiod’s Theogony to Late Antiquity depicts the goldenhaired god ‘as he is perceived by the [ancient] Greeks’ (Stampolidis and Tassoulas 2009: 1) in all his diversity: a divine figure, a human value and a daily practice.

Highlights

  • When asked ‘why an exhibition on Eros in the first place?’ the director of the museum, Professor Nicholas Stampolidis asserted that ‘through the millennia influential gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines may have come and gone; Eros, still rules people’s lives.’ The idea of the exhibition was conceived back in 2006 by the Head Trustee, the late Dolly Goulandris

  • A text-panel with a red background introduces the visitor to the origins of the word Eros, stemming from the ancient Greek verb ἐράω-ῶ (I love, desire, lust), and to its cult in ancient Greece

  • Funerary art is present in a series of grave reliefs and marble statuettes from the Hellenistic and Roman period

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Introduction

When asked ‘why an exhibition on Eros in the first place?’ the director of the museum, Professor Nicholas Stampolidis asserted that ‘through the millennia influential gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines may have come and gone; Eros, still rules people’s lives.’ The idea of the exhibition was conceived back in 2006 by the Head Trustee, the late Dolly Goulandris. A text-panel with a red background introduces the visitor to the origins of the word Eros, stemming from the ancient Greek verb ἐράω-ῶ (I love, desire, lust), and to its cult in ancient Greece.

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