![](http://colorsandstones.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Lycosoura-veil.jpg)
![](http://colorsandstones.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NAMA_1737_marine_procession.jpg)
![](http://colorsandstones.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NAMA_1737_Nike.jpg)
![](http://colorsandstones.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Lykosoura-veil-2.jpg)
NAM Athens
The representation of an ornamented woven fabric; 1nd century, from Lykosoura , Greece.
“The upper level of the veil of Despoina has the following modes of decoration (from top to bottom):
- A series of triangular rays
- A band of eagles and winged thunderbolts
- A band of olive sprays
- A frieze of Nereids riding sea horses and Tritons, with dolphins intermixed
- A tasseled fringe
The lower (and larger) layer has (from top to bottom):
- A frieze of Nikai carrying censers, while bearing olive sprays in front of themselves
- A band of olive sprays
- A frieze of dancing animal-headed figures
- A running-wave meander pattern”
It has been suggested that this veil is representative of the types of tapestry or embroidered woven materials that were created by contemporary artists in that community.
![](http://colorsandstones.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/5.jpg)
The Veil of Despoina, Alan J. B. Wace
American Journal of Archaeology
Vol. 38, No. 1 (Jan. – Mar., 1934), pp. 107-111 https://www.jstor.org/stable/498936
![Fig. 30](https://books.openedition.org/pulg/docannexe/image/1626/img-1.png)
The fallacy of Arcadia https://books.openedition.org/pulg/1626
“The dating of the sanctuary, and especially the statue-group, has been a fraught issue; even knowing from Pausanias the name of the sculptor, Damophon of Messene, does not provide certainty. To summarise an extremely complex debate, three periods are possible: fourth to earlier third century BC, early second century BC, and second century AD, with the first two the strongest candidates.”
![](http://colorsandstones.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/9789004384835_webready_content_m00146-434x500.jpg)
Drawing: Dickins 1906/1907: pl. XIV
Theriomorphic Figures in Hellenistic and Roman Arcadia: Nostalgia and Ritual, Erin Walcek Averett
In: Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas, pp. 165-179
https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004384835/BP000022.xml
![](http://colorsandstones.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/9789004384835_webready_content_m00144-500x364.jpg)
Interpretation of a group by Dickins
images:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lykosoura-veil-2.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lycosoura-group.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lycosoura-veil.jpg
Nike detail https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAMA_1737_(Nike).jpg
marine procession https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAMA_1737_(marine_procession).jpg