Editing Telephus (section)

===Telephus frieze===
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[[File:Pergamon Altar - Telephus frieze - panel 42.jpg|thumb|Telephus threatens the infant Orestes, at Agamemnon's altar. Telephus frieze (panel 42), second century BC. [[Berlin]], [[Antikensammlung Berlin|Antikensammlung]] T.I.71 and 72.<ref>Heres and Strauss, pp. 860&ndash;861, ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae|LIMC]]'' Telephos 1 (plate 42); Schraudolph, pp. 72&ndash;73.</ref>]]
The [[Telephus frieze]] (between 180 and 156 BC)<ref>Dreyfus, p. 14. Heres, p. 101, gives reasons which suggest a date "between 165 and 159 B.C., or later".</ref> formed part of the decoration of the [[Pergamon Altar]]. The frieze adorned the inside walls of the colonnade that surrounded the raised interior court containing the sacrificial altar.<ref>Kästner, p. 70.</ref> It was nearly 60 meters in length,<ref>Kästner, p. 73.</ref> and was composed of around 74 marble panels each 1.58 meters high, of which 47 panels are completely or partially preserved.<ref>Kästner, p. 74.</ref>

The panels depict scenes from the life of Telephus, from events preceding his birth, to perhaps his death and heroizing.<ref>Heres, p. 83. For a detailed description of the iconography of frieze see, Heres and Strauss, pp. 857&ndash;862, ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae|LIMC]]'' Telephos 1.</ref> Panels have been interpreted as showing Heracles' first glimpse of Auge in an oak grove (panel 3); carpenters building the vessel in which Auge will be cast into the sea (panels 5&ndash;6); Teuthras finding Auge on the shore in Mysia (panel 10); Heracles discovering the abandoned Telephus being suckled by a lioness (panel 12); Telephus receiving arms from Auge, and leaving for the war against Idas (panels 16&ndash;18); Teuthras giving Auge to Telephus in marriage (panel 20); and Auge and Telephus, being startled by a serpent, and recognizing each other on their wedding night (panel 21).<ref>Heres, pp. 84&ndash;86.</ref> The next several panels have been interpreted as depicting the battle between the Mysians and the Greeks on the [[Caicus]] plain, including Hiera, Telephus' Amazon-like wife, leading a group of Mysian women cavalry into battle (panels 22&ndash;24) and Achilles, aided by Dionysus, wounding Telephus (panels 30&ndash;31).<ref>Heres, pp. 86&ndash;89.</ref> Scenes follow which have been interpreted as showing Telephus consulting the oracle of Apollo regarding the healing of his wound (panel 1); Telephus arriving at Argos, seeking a cure for his wound (panels 34&ndash;35); his welcome there (panels 36&ndash;38); a banquet at Argos during which Telephus' identity is revealed (panels 39&ndash;40); Telephus threatening the infant Orestes at an altar (panel 42); and presumably his healing by Achilles.<ref>Heres, pp. 89&ndash;93.</ref> Two final panels perhaps depict Telephus' death and heroizing (panels 47&ndash;48).<ref>Heres, p. 94.</ref>