The sculptor Giannis Pappas began the study for the creation of the statue in 1941, during the German Occupation. The artist had fought in World War II and saw his work as a form of resistance and protest, as a need to emphasise the global reach of Hellenism, which suffered under the Nazi regime of violence and terror. The statue was unveiled in its current location in 2019 and depicts the figure of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), the legendary King of Macedonia, whose vast Empire reached as far as India and united many different peoples and cultures, leaving an indelible mark on world history. It is interesting that the sculptor chose to depict the figure of the brilliant campaigner and conqueror not as a mature man, but as a teenager.
Main Bibliography
- Bury John – Meiggs Russell, A History of Greece. To the Death of Alexander the Great, Translated by Rouli Tataki, K. N. Petropoulos, Anna Papadimitriou - Grammenou, Konstantinos Buraselis, Angelos Matthaiou, Athens 2011.
- Αλεξάνδρου, μτφρ. Ρούλη Τατάκη, Κ. Ν. Πετρόπουλος, Άννα Παπαδημητρίου Γραμμένου,
- Κωνσταντίνος Μπουραζέλης, Άγγελος Ματθαίου, Αθήνα 2011.
- Lefèvre François, Histoire Du Monde Grec Antique, Translated by Anastasia Kefala, Mina Kardamitsa, Athens 2016.
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- Antonopoulou Zeta, Τα Γλυπτά της Αθήνας: Υπαίθρια Γλυπτική 1834-2004, Athens 2003.
- Karaiskou Vicky, Νεοελληνική Γλυπτική: Ματιές και αναγνώσεις, Athens 2011.
- Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Ζητήματα Νεοελληνικής Γλυπτικής, Athens 1998.
- Γλυπτά, Αθήνα 2020.
- Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Από τον Ιερό Λόχο στον Κωνσταντίνο ΙΒ’: Νεότερα Αθηναϊκά Γλυπτά, Athens 2020.
Main Webliography
http://www.athenssculptures.com
https://explore.cure-project.gr
https://www.thisiscrete.gr/gr/historical-monuments
https://www.wikipedia.org
Informations
Additional
Creator: Giannis Pappas (1913-2005)
Material: Brass
Date: 1972
Location: Junction of Vasilissis Amalias Avenue and Vasilissis Olgas Avenue,
Athens
Type: Equestrian statue
Subject: Antiquity
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