According to alexander he told philotas about the oracle s acknowledgement that he was the son of zeus ammon.
The marble head of zeus ammon.
A marble head of zeus ammon roman imperial circa a d.
One example of this is the greek oracular cult of the syncretic god zeus ammon.
Marble head of zeus ammon ca.
A roman marble head of zeus ammon circa 1st century a d.
Alexander s visit to siwa was a pivotal moment in the young king s extraordinary life.
A marble head of zeus ammon roman imperial circa a d.
This god spanning the different cultures was worshipped especially in the greek colony of cyrenaica on the north african coast but also in sparta and thebes.
With deeply drilled thick beard a curling moustache and flowing wavy hair with curving ram s horns at either side of the head the top and back of the head with two drill holes presumably for attachment of a crown now missing 6 in 16 5cm high mounted.
120 160 roman zeus ammon s sanctuary at the oasis of siwa in the libyan desert was already famous when alexander the great made his pilgrimage there in 331 b c.
But philotas did not take this news positively curtius 6 9 18.
Carved for insertion into a cult statue or bust of the greco egyptian god and inspired by an early hellenistic sculpture derived from a pheidian prototype with majestic countenance the great curling ram horns of ammon emerging above his brow with long beard and moustache his.