The stones of Athens /
Interpreting the monuments of Athens in light of literature, R. E. Wycherley brings before us the city the ancients knew. Philosophers, statesmen, travelers, dramatists, poets, private citizens-the words of all these suggest how the city looked at various periods, how its monuments came to be built,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1978.
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Colección: | Princeton legacy library.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. The walls
- II. The Agora: political and religious center
- III. The market
- IV. The parthenon and its setting
- V. The erechtheion and its cults
- VI. The Olympieion and Southeast Athens
- VII. Other Shrines
- VIII. Theaters
- IX. Gymnasia and Philosophical Schools
- X. Houses, Streets, Water Supply
- XI. The Kerameikos and Other Cemeteries
- XII. Peiraeus
- Postscript. The Stones
- General Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter