Persia and Greece - Objects in Focus: The Nereid Monument

This video is suitable for students aged 14+ who are studying Classical Civilisation and Ancient History at GCSE and A level. It is one of a series of 4 videos considering the relationship between the worlds of ancient Greece and Persia by focusing in on a specific object and contextualising that object within its broader ancient world context.
In this video, Dr Jamie Fraser (curator of the British Museum exhibition Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece), discusses how the Nereid Monument combines Persian and ancient Greek iconography to express power and status.
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Devuelvan el moai

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Yet the foreshortening of the parasol seem very Greek to me

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Persians took it from the Babylonian and the greeks took it from the persians

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This form of dress, style and luxury is in fact modeled after the the Persian style in Greek relief