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TheArchaeologicalArea inBaragianoArcheoparco Info Point +39 320 9714681+39 329 0267653 (contact person Carmela Baraglia)+39 0971 997071 (Commune of Baragiano)The Archaeological Area in BaragianoTHE BASILEUS: a refined warlordHe was a true warrior prince, chosen as leader before a battle, aswas the custom among the Peuketiantes, the indigenous peoplewho lived in the interior areas of western <strong>Basilicata</strong> (borderingwith Campania) in the 6th century BC. A rich and powerful prince,he loved luxury and, like the Greek aristocratic elite, believedin the power of sharing communal meals immediately before agreat battle. His tomb (from which many finds are preserved inthe National Archaeological Museum in Potenza) indicates richsymposia, in which meat was boiled or roasted and served infinely-painted pottery, with wine mixed in abundance.The tomb of the Basileus in Baragiano is a unique find in the worldof the indigenous Lucanians, due to the abundance of its contents.The prince’s grave goods include numerous black-figure vasesknown as “attic vases” (from the name of the region of Greece ofwhich Athens was the capital), of various shapes. On them can beseen depictions of the myths of the Greek world, inspired by thevalour, strength and particularly the efforts of Heracles, who waschosen as the symbolic hero of the Italic peoples. We see Theseuswho fights with the Minotaur in the labyrinth, an assembly of gods,a Dionysian ceremony full of maenads (women who performed awhirling dance) and satyrs (half-animal beings that were alwayspresent in the court of Dionysius). All of these, impressed upon theearthenware, seem to be gathered in the presence of this prince tohonour his high rank and provide him with a taste of immortality,a privileged view of the mythical and divine world that is not forhumans, but to which heroes may drawn near. A particularlyinteresting item is a lekane (a large bowl with a lid, normally usedto contain ointments) bearing images of Heracles, who wrestleswith the lion Nemeus, together with his friend Iolaus, under thewatchful eye of the goddess Athena. It is a sort of good omen, adesire to foreshadow the favourable outcome in battle, which theBasileus wanted to bring with him, even to the tomb, in the finaland certainly darkest struggle, this time against a faceless enemy:death.79
aragianoSTRENGTH IS IN UNITY. THEHOPLITES APPEARRound shields grasped by fightingwarriors are often found bothdisplayed and depicted in museumsand reconstructions of architecturalsettings.Those shields are called hopla (pluralform of the Greek word hoplon) andthey typify the equipment of Greeksoldiers, who did not fight individually,but in a phalanx, a compact humanmass of hoplites who grasped theirDepiction of a panther,an animal dear to Dionysiusshield with their left hands and ashort-bladed sword with their right.A breastplate, helmet and shin guardscompleted the panoply, or armour, ofeach Greek warrior and also that ofthe peoples who assumed the uses andcustoms of the Greek world.Also the indigenous warriors of theLucanian interior, who belonged to highsocial classes, followed the culturalosmosis (towards the end of the 7thcentury BC), equipping themselveswith shining bronze armour and finelyforgedweapons, and indulging in finebanquets.“... Achilles was already close...The bronze shone all aroundwith a glare like that of burning fireor the rising sun”Homer, IliadMazeThe archaeopark of thebasileus: puzzles to enjoyand help you discover thetime of the Peuketiantes;reconstructions of aworld of valiant warriorsand brave women.80
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