| ● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary |
| Type: |
 III.2a.gio.6.ber·unk.0 |
Ontolocators
(Prefix): |
 volume: |
III. coins |
 chapter (part): |
2. fantastic creatures (a. herpetomorphs) |
Integrals
(Stem): |
 subject: |
gio. Giant (ophiopode) |
 feature: |
6. as armour decoration |
Differentials
(Suffix): |
 idiosyncrasy: |
ber. Beroia? (unk. unknown authority/
issuer) |
 variation: |
0. Ø |
| ● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™ |
Identifiers
(Beings): |
 deity.1: |
Athena [Minerva] |
| deity.2: |
[Helios [Sol]] ≑ "object.7" [radiate head] |
|
deity.3: |
[Selene [Luna]] ≑ "object.8" [lunate head] |
|
deity.4: |
[Eos [Aurora]] ≚ "duplet.1" [bistellar formation] |
|
deity.5: |
Gaia [Terra Mater/Tellus Mater] |
|
 hero.1: |
[Pollux/Castor] ∈ "pair.1" [twins [Dioscuri]] |
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hero.2: |
[Castor/Pollux] ∈ "pair.1" [twins [Dioscuri]] |
|
 mortal: |
Ø |
|
 notable.1: |
Alexander the Great [Alexander III of Macedon] |
|
 anonym: |
Ø |
|
 animal.1: |
[ram] ∈ "group.1" [zodiacal belt]; ≅ "symbol.1" [♈︎ Aries [astrological sign]] |
|
animal.2: |
[bull] ∈ "group.1" [zodiacal belt]; ≅ "symbol.2" [♉︎ Taurus [astrological sign]] |
|
animal.3: |
[crab] ∈ "group.1" [zodiacal belt]; ≅ "symbol.4" [♋︎ Cancer [astrological sign]] |
|
animal.4: |
[lion] ∈ "group.1" [zodiacal belt]; ≅ "symbol.5" [♌︎ Leo [astrological sign]] |
|
 creature.1: |
Giant (ophiopode) [Porphyrion?/
Alcyoneus?/Eurymedon?/Asterus [Asterius]?/Pallas?/Enceladus?] |
|
 object.1: |
stone [rock/boulder] |
|
object.2: |
manica [arm-guard] |
|
object.3: |
cuirass ∋ "artwork.1" [relief group.1 [Gigantomachy scene]] |
|
object.4: |
shield ∋ "artwork.2" [relief group.2 [astrological scene]] |
|
object.5: |
tainia [headband/ribbon] |
|
object.6: |
spear |
|
object.7: |
radiate head ∈ "cluster.2" [astrological scene]; ≐ "deity.2" [Helios] |
|
object.8: |
lunate head ∈ "cluster.2" [astrological scene]; ≐ "deity.3" [Selene] |
|
object.9: |
star⁽¹⁾ (×2) ∈ "duplet.1" [bistellar formation];
star⁽²⁾ ∈ "cluster.2" [astrological scene];
star⁽³⁾ ∈ "cluster.2" [astrological scene] |
|
 symbol.1: |
[♈︎ Aries [astrological sign]] ≌
"animal.1" [ram] |
|
symbol.2: |
[♉︎ Taurus [astrological sign]] ≌
"animal.2" [bull] |
|
symbol.3: |
[♊︎ Gemini [astrological sign]] ≌
"pair.1" [twins [Dioscuri]] |
|
symbol.4: |
[♋︎ Cancer [astrological sign]] ≌
"animal.3" [crab] |
|
symbol.5: |
[♌︎ Leo [astrological sign]] ≌
"animal.4" [lion] |
|
 pair.1: |
[twins [Dioscuri]] ∋ {"hero.1" [Pollux/
Castor]; "hero.2" [Castor/Pollux]}; ∈ "group.1" [zodiacal belt]; ≅ "symbol.5"
[♊︎ Gemini [astrological sign]] |
|
 duplet.1: |
[bistellar formation] ∋ {"object.9" [star⁽¹⁾ (×2)]}; ∈ "cluster.2" [astrological scene];
≙ "deity.4" [Eos] |
|
 group.1: |
[zodiacal belt] ∋ {"animal.1" [ram]; "animal.2" [bull]; "animal.3" [crab]; "animal.4" [lion]; "pair.1" [twins [Dioscuri]]; ∈ "cluster.2" [astrological scene] |
|
 set: |
Ø |
|
 cluster.1: |
[Gigantomachy scene] ∋ {"deity.1" [Athena]; "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)]; "object.1" [stone]; "object.2" [manica]}; ≛ "artwork.1" [relief group.1] |
|
cluster.2: |
[astrological scene] ∋ {"deity.5" [Gaia]; "object.7" [radiate head [Helios]]; "object.8" [lunate head [Selene]]; "object.9" [star⁽²⁾; star⁽³⁾]; "duplet.1" [bistellar formation [Eos]]; "group.1" [zodiacal belt]}; ≛ "artwork.2" [relief group.2] |
|
 artwork.1: |
[relief group.1] ∈ "object.3" [cuirass];
≜ "cluster.1" [Gigantomachy scene] |
|
artwork.2: |
[relief group.2] ∈ "object.4" [shield];
≜ "cluster.2" [astrological scene] |
|
 label: |
Ø |
Descriptors
(Properties): |
 epithet: |
Ø |
 syncretism: |
Ø |
|
 prosopon: |
Ø |
|
 morphology.1: |
"deity.1" [Athena] (general: homogeneous; human; female) (head: human; female; with long hair) (upper·body: human; female; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: human; female; with two legs and two feet) |
|
morphology.2: |
"deity.5" [Gaia] (general: homogeneous; human; female) (head: human; female; with long hair) (upper·body: human; female; torso with two breasts, two arms, and two hands; only upper·thorax shown) (lower·body: not shown) |
|
morphology.3: |
"notable.1" [Alexander the Great] (general: homogeneous; human; male) (head: human; male; with short, waving hair; beardless) (upper·body: human; male; muscular; only upper·thorax shown) (lower·body: not shown) |
|
morphology.4: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: composite; anthropoherpetomorphic; ophiopodeᴿᴰ) (head: human; male; with short? hair; beardless?) (upper·body: human; male; muscular; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: ophidian down from genitofemoral area; with two squamous serpent-protomes instead of legs) |
|
morphology.5: |
"object.1" [stone] (homogeneous; globular; small) |
|
morphology.6: |
"object.2" [manica] (composite?; ophiomorphic?) |
|
morphology.7: |
"object.3" [cuirass] (composite; with elaborately decorated breastplate; only upper·section shown) |
|
morphology.8: |
"object.4" [shield] (composite?; round; convex; with narrow rim and elaborately decorated face) |
|
morphology.9: |
"object.5" [tainia] (homogeneous) |
|
morphology.10: |
"object.6" [spear] (composite; with straight, slender, long? shaft and sharp spearhead) |
|
morphology.11: |
"object.7" [radiate head] (composite; human, male head wearing radiate crown) |
|
morphology.12: |
"object.8" [lunate head] (composite; human, female head resting upon crescent) |
|
morphology.13: |
"object.9" [star] (homogeneous; six-rayed) |
|
 aspect.1: |
"deity.1" [Athena] (general: upright; standing rightward; dressed; wearing helmet and peplos) (head: upright; rightward) (upper·body: upright; rightward; right·arm bent, extended rightward, with right·hand grasping [holding uncertain? object]; left·arm bent, extended rightward, with left·hand grasping [holding hexagonal shield [aegis?]]) (lower·body: upright; rightward; right·leg straignt, extended downward, with right·foot pointing rightward, grounded; left·leg straignt, extended downward, with left·foot pointing rightward, grounded) |
|
aspect.2: |
"deity.5" [Gaia] (general: upright; standing? frontward; unclad; veiled loosely [veil billowing, hovering overhead, stretched in arch-shape, tips expanded laterally]) (head: upright; frontward) (upper·body: upright; frontward; right·breast frontward; left·breast frontward; right·arm bent slightly, extended leftward, with right·hand relaxed, open downward; left·arm bent slightly, extended rightward, with left·hand relaxed, open downward) (lower·body: not shown) |
|
aspect.3: |
"notable.1" [Alexander the Great] (general: upright; standing? frontward-upward; dressed; wearing tainia and cuirass) (head: upright; frontward-upward) (upper·body: upright; frontward-upward; right·arm and right·hand not shown; left·arm and left·hand not shown) (lower·body: not shown) |
|
aspect.4: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: upright; standing frontward-rightward; unclad) (head: upright; upward-rightward) (upper·body: upright; frontward-rightward; right·arm bent, raised, with right·hand grasping; left·arm bent?, raised, with left·hand grasping?) (lower·body: upright; frontward-rightward; two serpent-protomes extended laterally, parallel; right·serpent swirling, extended upward-leftward, with head pointing upward; left·serpent swirling, extended upward-rightward, with head pointing upward) |
|
aspect.5: |
"object.1" [stone] (suspended) |
|
aspect.6: |
"object.2" [manica] (wrapped?) |
|
aspect.7: |
"object.3" [cuirass] (vertical; upright; frontward; only upper·section shown) |
|
aspect.8: |
"object.4" [shield] (suspended; vertical; tilted slightly; frontward-rightward) |
|
aspect.9: |
"object.5" [tainia] (tightly bound; with two tips hanging, undulating) |
|
aspect.10: |
"object.6" [spear] (suspended; tilted; pointing upward-rightward) |
|
aspect.11: |
"object.7" [radiate head] (vertical; upward; rightward) |
|
aspect.12: |
"object.8" [lunate head] (vertical; upward; leftward) |
|
aspect.13: |
"object.9" [star] (frontward) |
|
 vector.1: |
"main composition" (back → front) |
Operators
(Relations): |
 contact.1: |
"notable.1" [Alexander the Great] ⟨wearing ⟨on torso⟩⟩ "object.3" [cuirass] |
| contact.2: |
"notable.1" [Alexander the Great] ⟨holding ⟨in left·hand?⟩⟩ "object.4" [shield] |
|
contact.3: |
"notable.1" [Alexander the Great] ⟨wearing ⟨on head⟩⟩ "object.5" [tainia] |
|
contact.4: |
"notable.1" [Alexander the Great] ⟨holding ⟨in right·hand?⟩⟩ "object.6" [spear] |
|
contact.5: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨wearing ⟨on left·arm⟩⟩ "object.2" [manica] |
|
 conflict.1: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨brandishing [hurling?] ⟨in [with?] right·hand⟩⟩ "object.1" [stone] |
|
 context: |
Ø |
|
 contiguity: |
Ø |
|
 inversion.1: |
reverse: victory-goddess Nike {handling oval shield}; love-god Eros {propping oval shield}; male and female captives {sitting under elaborate trophy}; ΒΑCΙ·ΛΕ·ΩC·
ΑΛΕ·ΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ [legend] |
| ● Iconographic Type: Prominence |
Occurrences
(Registered Instances): |
 very rare |
1-6 specimens |
 sparse |
7-18 specimens |
| common |
19-60 specimens |
| abundant |
60+ specimens |
| ● Iconographic Type: Selected Universal Subject References |
ICONCLASS
(Codes and Descriptions): |
91C2(+6) |
the Giants, Gigantes (with serpents for feet), and their battle against the gods
(+ suffering, misfortune) |
| 91C21(+6) |
battle of the Giants against the gods: gigantomachy (+ suffering, misfortune) |
| 91C22(...)(+8) |
single named Giants (with NAME)
(+ attributes) |
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