The Mysteries of Stobi

[Stevce]

Balkan Heritage Foundation from Bulgaria? I wonder what there intentions are with this collaboration?

[Carlin]

A Sculpture of the God Dionysus Discovered at Stobi

July, 09 2019

URL:

http://www.stobi.mk/Templates/Pages/NewsArticle.aspx?page=4097

A marble sculpture depicting the god Dionysus was discovered at the archaeological site of Stobi last week. This unique discovery is a result of the excavations conducted as part of the summer international field school for archaeology. The sculpture, which was likely made in the 2nd-3rd century AD, is preserved in ~50 cm in height. It was discovered in a secondary context within the remains of a collapsed wall from a house of the 6th century AD where the sculpture itself was used as a building material. Because of this, we are missing the head, right hand, feet, and base. Having in mind that in the 6th century Christianity is the dominant religion, it was common at that time to destroy and reuse sculptures of pagan deities from previous centuries as construction material.

The newly discovered sculpture represents Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, theater, and religious ecstasy, leaning on the trunk of a tree which is encircled with grape vines and hanging grapes. Dionysus himself is half naked with a cloak covering his left shoulder and lower half of the body. A panther is depicted along his left leg, which is one of his main symbols along with grape vines, ivy leaves, a thyrsus (a specific wand topped with a pinecone) and a kantharos (wine goblet). This is not the first marble sculpture of Dionysus found at Stobi. Previously, a full sculpture, two heads and one hand were discovered. Nevertheless, this is the first sculpture of Dionysus of this type thus far discovered at the site and its importance in a wider archaeological context will be precisely established with future analysis.

This is the 10th annual international archaeological field school held at Stobi as a result of the collaboration between National Institution Stobi and the Balkan Heritage Foundation from Bulgaria. This season, the school has 17 students and volunteers from the USA, Canada, China, Sweden, El Savador, and Australia. The professional archaeologists from NI Stobi who conduct these excavations are as follows: MPhil. Zlatko Kovanciliev – dig director, MPhil. Jovan Radnjanski – field instructor, and MPhil. Goce Pavlovski – field instructor.

[Carlin]

Malchus: ... Stobi, the first city of Macedonia

[Soldier of Macedon]

The name of the city 'Stobi' is cognate with mod. Macedonian 'Stolb', and was first mentioned after it was absorbed into the anc. Macedonian state in the late 3rd century BC / early 2nd century BC. The city predated the time it was first mentioned, but not sure if the name did.

[George S.]

nice video of stobi lwr.

[The LION will ROAR]

[George S.]

that's great LWR>

[The LION will ROAR]

Stobi in Macedonia



Stobi 3-D version of what it look like

[Soldier of Macedon]

No problem Petros.

[Petros]

It sounds interesting but if he can present it better.

Got it, thanks for the feedback

[Petros]

Petros, at the top of every forum page you will see an announcement section, which is where you will find the rules and regulations of the forum.

Zdravo SoM, kako si? Znam za toa fala. Btw I like your reply in the other thread and I will reply soon in detail. I want to read some more of your posts also. Just had a quick browse in that thread you created about Spartans (300) and your approach is interesting and respected.
Poz

[Soldier of Macedon]

Petros, at the top of every forum page you will see an announcement section, which is where you will find the rules and regulations of the forum.

[Petros]

Petros, we don't accept one-link threads here, so please summarise the point of this post, as this will allow people to understand your purpose and assist in generating discussion with regard to the topic.

I am sorry SoM, i had no idea; maybe I didn’t read the rules and regulations properly, is there a link that lists all of them to read it so I avoid such mistakes in future?
Well, I made this thread to contribute this article from this Macedonian magazine about Stoby. I think because it is in English language will make it more accessible.


I assume that I can continue adding scanned pages in the other thread of the "Memories not Lost" book, so I will add a few more after this reply. If there is any problem there also please let me know.

[Serdarot]

the real "mystery" is in the Al-Gi-Bra (algebra, or the mathematics, the numbers...)

how come we have so many "Amphi-Theaters"? (and some of them were realy big)

Very close to Stobi, there are several Ancient Cities, and all of them had big Amphitheaters (Bylazora, Stibera, etc)

most of them (the Amphitheaters) are classified being from the "early to middle Roman Period"

i tought that the Ancient Macedonians were exterminated, enslaved, deported, deleted from the face of earth?

preparing the "non-populated desert for the mystical Slavs", who were about to come...?

So for whom were those numerious and large Arenas?

For the few thousand Roman Soldiers? I guess all Roman soldiers in Macedonia would fit in one of the Amphitheaters...


George:

Gradsko is called Gradsko couse its citizens knew there was a Big City (or Cities) on that place in the Antique.

Before "Stobi" was discovered.

[George S.]

got it bill Gradsko (Macedonian: Градско, it is a village (despite the word град meaning located in central Republic of Macedonia. It is located very close to the main motorway which links Gevgelija on Macedonia's border with Greece,The village of Gradsko is the seat of the Gradsko municipality. It was the ancient Paeonian capital of Stobi