The Gods Do Battle.

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  • Author(s): Gurewitsch, Matthew
  • Source:
    Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition. 10/27/2007, Vol. 250 Issue 100, pW14. 0p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ALTARS; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS articles; CHURCH decoration & ornament
    • Subject Terms:
      BERLIN (Germany); GERMANY
    • Abstract:
      The article offers a historical and religious perspective on the Great Altar of Pergamon, which was originally built in the Ancient Greek city of Pergamon and which was recently reconstructed at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany. It states that the Altar depicts the battle of the gods of Olympus against the giants. It examines the religious symbolism of the Altar, which was built in 180 B.C.