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The Journal of Roman Studies· 2026Q1

Palladas, Praxiteles’ Parian Eros and Constantine’s transformation of pagan images in Constantinople

Kevin W. Wilkinson

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Constantine's confiscation and re-erection of temple statues in Constantinople transformed their original pagan significance into expressions of imperial ideology, as exemplified by an Eros statue potentially by Praxiteles.

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Field: Anthropology

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