Review article
Hunting Erotes on reliefs in the polygonal building (cathedral) in Diocletian’s Palace in Split
Ivo Babić
; University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy
Dunja Babić
; University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy
Abstract
The author supports the opinion that the polygonal building in Diocletian’s Palace in Split was not a mausoleum. By way of analogy, he cites the Octagon in the Galerius Palace in Thessaloniki, which did not have a funerary character. The relief sculptures in the polygonal building in Diocletian’s Palace also includes hunting Erotes motifs. This theme is common on sarcophaguses, but also on secular buildings, such as, for example, the reliefs in Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli.
Keywords
Diocletian, palace, Split, polygonal building, hunting Erotes
Hrčak ID:
305520
URI
Publication date:
30.4.2023.
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