Alexander s wish to have his subjects prostrate bow before him was in part motivated by his status as the son of zeus ammon arrian book 4 curtius 8 5 5 6.
The marble head of zeus ammon.
120 160 roman zeus ammon s sanctuary at the oasis of siwa in the libyan desert was already famous when alexander the great made his pilgrimage there in 331 b c.
Alexander s visit to siwa was a pivotal moment in the young king s extraordinary life.
A marble head of zeus ammon roman imperial circa a d.
A marble head of zeus ammon roman imperial circa a d.
But philotas did not take this news positively curtius 6 9 18.
The mighty marble head in the liebieghaus probably originated in what is now tunisia.
According to alexander he told philotas about the oracle s acknowledgement that he was the son of zeus ammon.
Carved for insertion into a cult statue or bust of the greco egyptian god and inspired by an early hellenistic sculpture derived from a pheidian prototype with majestic countenance the great curling ram horns of ammon emerging above his brow with long beard and moustache his.
One example of this is the greek oracular cult of the syncretic god zeus ammon.
A roman marble head of zeus ammon circa 1st century a d.
Marble head of zeus ammon ca.