The Elusive King in Search of the Portraits of Mithridates VI Eupator

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https://doi.org/10.12797/CC.15.2012.15.02

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Mithridates VI Eupator, portrait in Greek art, Greek numismatics, Greek sculpture, imitatio Alexandri

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The paper discusses monetary and sculptural portraits, either attributed or tentatively identified as representations of Mithridates VI Eupator. The object of analysis are their iconographical features as well as their dependence on Hellenistic royal portraitures as well as the issue of imitatio Alexandri.

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2012-05-29

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Fulińska, A. “The Elusive King in Search of the Portraits of Mithridates VI Eupator”. Classica Cracoviensia, vol. 15, May 2012, pp. 59-79, doi:10.12797/CC.15.2012.15.02.