Abstract:

In another publication I made a contribution to the Asklepios group found in Yelten, Antalya in 2009, where the focus was on the Asklepios which belongs to a special group of sculptures, because of the eggs he held, and only a brief description was given of the caped small Telesphoros figure next to it. The information obtained from the study of these two examples in the Antalya Museum is briefly examined in this study through making use of the current findings and references in order to contribute to the thesis concerning if Telesphoros is of Anatolian or of Celtic origin. The ideas concerning the Telesphoros figure, that Celtic culture carried it over the Balkans into Phrygia, and the ideas concerning this child-god's cult in Pergamon were compared. While sampling by means of the finds, the iconographic interactions with the Genius Cucullatus figures were also questioned. In consequence, it was concluded that there is no certain evidence of interactions from the current data and that Telesphoros owns its own iconography to Pergamon.

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Abstract:

In another publication I made a contribution to the Asklepios group found in Yelten, Antalya in 2009, where the focus was upon the Asklepios which belongs to a special group of sculptures, because of the eggs he held, and only a brief description was given of the caped small Telesphoros figure next to it. The information obtained from the study of these two examples in the Antalya Museum is briefly examined in this study through making use of the current findings and references in order to contribute to the thesis concerning if Telesphoros is of Anatolian or of Celtic origin. The ideas concerning the Telesphoros figure, that Celtic culture carried it over the Balkans into Phrygia, and the ideas concerning this child–god's cult in Pergamon were compared. While sampling by means of the finds, the iconographic interactions with the Genius Cucullatus figures were also questioned. In consequence, it was concluded that there is no certain evidence of interactions from the current data and that Telesphoros owns its own iconography to Pergamon.