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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Satyr sculpture from the site of Agios Georgios at Nopigia (municipality of Kissamos, western Crete)

2025, 34, Numer 1


Data publikacji

31.12.2025

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05.12.2024

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25.06.2025

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archeologia

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This paper analyses a marble head of a Satyr, currently housed in the Kissamos Archaeological Museum. The sculpture was discovered during a field survey conducted in the northeastern section of the churchyard of Agios Georgios at Nopigia — a structure dating to the 15th century AD, built atop a Roman bath complex. This study aims to identify the monument by drawing analogies from ancient art, supplemented by findings from field research conducted in the vicinity of the church. Its primary objective is to determine the most probable context and function of the object. The paper also reviews historical research related to the site, with particular emphasis on recent excavations around the church. Ultimately, it seeks to contextualize the sculpture within the broader historical and social framework of western Crete during the Roman period. Similar to other divine figures, the statue of the Satyr may have played a pivotal role in establishing visual associations with health and healing, in addition to demarcating ritual spaces such as baths and invoking erotic symbolism.

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