Messene relief, Crater donation in Delfos and the cinegetic iconography
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This article analyzes the so-called Messene relief, seeking to connect its iconography to the description of a hunt between Alexander the Great and Craterus recorded by Plutarch. It will be argued that the relief may have been commissioned by Craterus’ son during the first decades of the 3rd century BC, in order to legitimize his position as regent in Greece.
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