The Shape of Private Monuments
The Shape of Private Monuments
This chapter examines the phenomenon of ‘private’ or ‘family’ statues in public space in the Hellenistic period, along with the problems it poses to any simple interpretation of honorific statues in public space as the story of hegemonical civic ideology. Focusing on elite families as one of the major ‘competitive actors’ in the race for space and attention, the chapter considers the shape of private monuments, and why and where people set up such statues. Finally, it explores wider historical issues about the nature of the honorific monument in relation to the political and cultural histories of the post-Classical polis.
Keywords: public space, Hellenistic period, honorific statues, civic ideology, elite families, private monuments, polis, family statues
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