单词 | signum pantheum |
释义 | signum pantheumn. Ancient History. A statue or image combining the figures, symbols, or attributes of several (esp. classical) gods. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > of gods or goddesses Venusa1568 Herma1579 Priapus1579 mercury1586 Vulcan1638 victoriaa1684 mercury's statue1684 pantheum1706 signum pantheum1706 xoanon1706 Hermes1728 Minerva1802 Nike1850 Trimurti1877 hermetic- 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Panthea or Signa Panthea. 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. IV. Mythol. 157 Such statues were called Signa Panthea. 1912 H. S. Jones Compan. Rom. Hist. viii. 434 They are all symbolical of divinities and natural powers, and recall the signa Panthea. 1973 G. J. F. Kater-Sibbes Preliminary Catal. Sarapis Monuments vi. 126 Silver helmet design..of a signum pantheum with bust of Sarapis..arising out of a calyx and bust of Isis arising out of a calyx. 2004 E. Thomas in R. Wrigley & M. Craske Pantheons i. 34 Related to this was the erection of signa Panthea, apparently statues indicating a cult of all the gods. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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