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...

monuments can still be seen and especially the masterpiece of the Pergamon Altar. 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 Pergamon Altar, the Vorderasiatisches Museum and...

culminating in the monumental Gigantomachy frieze of the second century BC Pergamon Altar. Measuring nearly 400 feet long and over seven feet high, here the Gigantomachy...

monuments and ornate decorations, as exemplified by structures such as the Pergamon Altar. The religious sphere of Greek religion expanded through syncretic facets...

was a German engineer, architect and archaeologist. He discovered the Pergamon Altar. Humann was born in Steele, part of today's Essen - Germany. An educated...

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 Pergamon Altar. There are further examples of Aphros and/or Bythos, the personifications...

hekataia, Hecate's triplicity is depicted in the vast frieze of the great Pergamon Altar, now in Berlin, wherein she is shown with three bodies, taking part...

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...