Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Statue of Mother Goddess (Kourotrophos) breast feeding two twins (from Megara Hyblaea)

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Statue of Mother Goddess (Kourotrophos) breast feeding two twins (from Megara Hyblaea)
Alternate Title: 
Kourotrophos
Image View: 
Overall view from the left side
Creator: 
unknown (Ancient Greek) sculptor
Location: 
repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale 'Paolo Orsi' (Syracuse, Sicily, Italy) inv. 53234
Location Note: 
Viale Teocrito, 66
GPS: 
+37.0764+15.2864
Date: 
ca. 550 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Ancient Greek
Style Period: 
Archaic (Greek)
Work Type 1: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
limestone from Melilli
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Measurements: 
78 cm (height)
Subjects: 
death or burial; funerary art; deities; archaeology; Cemeteries
Description: 
From Megara Hyblaea, the northwest necropolis, found 1952. The statue was of local manufacture. Kourotrophos (Greek: κουροτρόφος, "child nurturer") is the general name that was given in ancient Greece to gods and goddesses whose properties included their ability to protect young people and were usually depicted holding a baby in their arms. But Kourotrophos was also an independent cult deity, appearing in sacrifice groups connected with fertility and child care.
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A3-G-AMA-SMG-A03
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.