Ancient Greek building from Pergamon, now in Berlin
The reconstructed Pergamon Altar in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.Side viewCarl Humann's 1881 plan of the Pergamon acropolis
The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) was a monumental construction built during the reign of the Ancient Greek King Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of Pergamon in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).
The structure was 35.74 metres (116' 31/32") wide and 33.4 metres (109' 6 5/8") deep; the front stairway alone was almost 20 metres (65' 11/16") wide. The base was decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and the Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. There was a second, smaller and less well-preserved high relief frieze on the inner court walls which surrounded the actual fire altar on the upper level of the structure at the top of the stairs. In a set of consecutive scenes, it depicts events from the life of Telephus, legendary founder of the city of Pergamon and son of the hero Heracles and Auge, one of Tegean king Aleus's daughters.
In 1878, the German engineer Carl Humann started official excavations on the acropolis of Pergamon, an effort that lasted until 1886. The relief panels from the Pergamon Altar were subsequently transferred to Berlin, where they were placed on display in the Pergamon Museum.
The PergamonAltar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) was a monumental construction built during the reign of the Ancient Greek King Eumenes II in the...
monuments can still be seen and especially the masterpiece of the PergamonAltar. Pergamon was the northernmost of the seven churches of Asia cited in the...
Prior to its closing in 2023, the Pergamon Museum was home to the Antikensammlung, including the famous PergamonAltar, the Vorderasiatisches Museum and...
monuments and ornate decorations, exemplified by structures such as the PergamonAltar. The religious sphere expanded to include new gods such as the Greco-Egyptian...
Heres, Huberta, "The Myth of Telephos in Pergamon" in Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar, Volume 2, Renée Dreyfus and Ellen Schraudolph...
earliest example dates to the 2nd century B. C., among the friezes in the PergamonAltar. There are further examples of Aphros and/or Bythos, the personifications...
hekataia, Hecate's triplicity is depicted in the vast frieze of the great PergamonAltar, now in Berlin, wherein she is shown with three bodies, taking part...
was a German engineer, architect and archaeologist. He discovered the PergamonAltar. Humann was born in Steele, part of today's Essen - Germany. An educated...
The Kingdom of Pergamon, Pergamene Kingdom, or Attalid kingdom was a Greek state during the Hellenistic period that ruled much of the Western part of Asia...
by the priestesses and not by the goddess. At Olympia her altar was called "Gaios".The altars were given the name of a deity in primitive stages of religion...
battle is evidenced by her inclusion in the Gigantomachy frieze of the PergamonAltar, fighting against Giants next to her siblings Helios and Eos and her...
among which the most prominent is that which shelters the monumental PergamonAltar, known as "of the twelve gods" or "of the gods and of the giants", one...
after she transformed them all into swines. Helios is depicted in the PergamonAltar, waging war against Giants next to his sisters Eos and Selene and his...
style. Sacconi was inspired by the Hellenistic sanctuaries, such as the PergamonAltar and the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina. The Vittoriano...
novel Ancient PergamonAltar first half of the 2nd century BC. Berlin, Pergamon Museum Building The PergamonAltar is a monumental altar that was erected...
(Venti) Kunze, Max (1988). Der grosse Marmoraltar von Pergamon [The Large Marble Altar of Pergamon] (in German). Berlin: Staatliche Museem zu Berlin. pp...
and he was one of the many Giants depicted on the second-century BC PergamonAltar Gigantomachy frieze, where he is shown fighting Zeus. For the birth...
Rhodian School of Sculpture. In DE GRUMMOND, Nancy & RIDGWAY, Brunilde. From Pergamon to Sperlonga. University of California Press. pp. 92-100 RIDGWAY, Brunilde...
Heres, Huberta, "The Myth of Telephos in Pergamon" in Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar, Volume 2, Renée Dreyfus and Ellen Schraudolph...
Museum of Athens in the Stoa of Attalus The ancient Altar of Pergamon, reconstructed at the Pergamon museum, Berlin. The Opferstein or Sacrifice Rock at...
Roman, Etruscan and Cypriot civilizations. Its main attraction is the PergamonAltar and Greek and Roman architectural elements from Priene, Magnesia, Baalbek...
(Venti) Kunze, Max (1988). Der grosse Marmoraltar von Pergamon [The Large Marble Altar of Pergamon] (in German). Berlin: Staatliche Museem zu Berlin. pp...
evidence in such major works as the Winged Victory of Samothrace, and the PergamonAltar. New centres of Greek culture, particularly in sculpture, developed...
evidence in such major works as the Winged Victory of Samothrace, and the PergamonAltar. New centres of Greek culture, particularly in sculpture, developed...
the winged Giant battling Athena on the Gigantomachy frieze from the PergamonAltar. An unascribed lyric fragment (985 PMG) calls the Giant "Phlegraian...
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