The Modeled Ship | Part 2: The spectator on the aft deck, and the histopedē (mast step)
A clay model found in a tomb at Amathos tells us the story of a man who comfortably sits on the back of his ship without a helm, having such a clear vision over the well-built ship—and where it is going to—that we could call it a modeled scene of a theōriā: the figure being a spectator who looks with his eyes and his mind: a state pilgrim [theōros]. Read more