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Heroic Offerings : The Terracotta Plaques from the Spartan Sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra /

"Heroic Offerings sheds light on the study of religion in Sparta, one of Greece's most powerful city-states and the long-term rival of Athens. Sparta's history is well known, but its archaeology has been much less satisfactorily explored. Through the comprehensive study of a distincti...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Salapata, Gina (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The Sanctuary at Agia Paraskevi, Amyklai
  • The Cult Recipients
  • The Terracotta Plaques : Life Cycle and Classification
  • Plaques with Seated Figures : Typological Analysis
  • Plaques with Seated Figures : Iconography
  • Plaques with Standing Figures, Riders, Warriors, Banqueters, and Miscellaneous Subjects
  • Votive Plaques and Hero Cult
  • Conclusion
  • Catalogue
  • Appendix 1: Findspots of Lakonian and Messenian Plaques
  • Appendix 2: Lakonian Stone Reliefs with Seated Figures.