МЕДАУР, ИЛИ О ПРОСТОРУ ЈУЖНОГ ЈАДРАНА И ДОКЛЕЈЕ У ВИЗУЕЛНОЈ КУЛТУРИ АНТИЧКОГ МЕДИТЕРАНА
MEDAUR, OR ABOUT THE SPACE OF SOUTH -EASTERN ADRIATIC SEA AND DOCLEA IN THE VISUAL CULTURE OF ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN

Summary/Abstract: The introductory part of this paper is devoted to general historical, social and cultural conditions of the time of establishing of the Roman city of Doclea ( near Podgorica) as well as guidelines for its further study. In the second part, the article deals with Medaur, an Illyrian deity - protector of the ancient Risinium (present-day Risan in Montenegro), known only on the basis of inscription found in a military camp in Lambesis. By analyzing the content of the inscription, this text strives to arrive at the origins of this deity and its iconography. Based on comparative examples, of geographic origins ranging from the region of Thrace to the present-day Tunisia and Algeria, it can be concluded that this was an equestrian figure deity, with conceptual and visual roots dating from the time of Pyrrhus, with particular attention drawn to the fact that his kingdom was in close political and cultural relationship with the Illyrian states in the south-eastern area of Adriatic Sea

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