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Hera Borghese, the Glossary

The Hera Borghese is a type of sculpture of Hera named after the owners of its archetype, the Borghese family.^[1]

Alcamenes

Alcamenes (Ἀλκαμένης) was an ancient Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens, who flourished in the 2nd half of the 5th century BC.

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Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.

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Baiae

Baiae (Baia; Baia) was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples and now in the comune of Bacoli.

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Borghese Collection

The Borghese Collection is a collection of Roman sculptures, old masters and modern art collected by the Roman Borghese family, especially Cardinal Scipione Borghese, from the 17th century on.

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Chiton (garment)

A chiton (chitṓn) is a form of tunic that fastens at the shoulder, worn by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome.

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Hera

In ancient Greek religion, Hera (Hḗrā; label in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.

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Juno (mythology)

Juno (Latin Iūnō) was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state.

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Museo Nazionale Romano

The National Roman Museum (Italian: Museo Nazionale Romano) is a museum, with several branches in separate buildings throughout the city of Rome, Italy.

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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ("ny" means "new" in Danish; "Glyptotek" comes from the Greek root glyphein, to carve, and theke, storing place), commonly known simply as Glyptoteket, is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Palatine Hill

The Palatine Hill (Classical Latin: Palatium; Neo-Latin: Collis/Mons Palatinus; Palatino), which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

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Polykleitos

Polykleitos (Πολύκλειτος) was an ancient Greek sculptor, active in the 5th century BCE.

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Venus (mythology)

Venus is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.

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Venus Genetrix (sculpture)

The Venus Genetrix (also spelled genitrix) is a sculptural type which shows the Roman goddess Venus in her aspect of ''Genetrix'' ("foundress of the family"), as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Rome, which claimed her as their ancestor.

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Villa Borghese Pinciana

Villa Borghese Pinciana ('Borghese family!Borghese villa on the Pincian Hill') is a villa built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio (and, after his death, finished by his assistant Giovanni Vasanzio), developing sketches by Scipione Borghese.

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Wolfgang Helbig

Wolfgang Helbig (2 February 1839 – 6 October 1915) was a German classical archaeologist born in Dresden.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera_Borghese

Hera Borghese, the Glossary

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