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The Agora of Athens: The History, Shape, and Uses of an Ancient City Center (Athenian Agora vol.14)

By R. E. Wycherley , Homer A. Thompson

Book information

Publisher
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Year
1972
ISBN
0876612141, 9780876612149
Open Library ID
OL22484534M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
131 MB (137726566 bytes)
Series
The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Edition
Volume XIV
Pages
280\391
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The subtitle, The History, Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Center, suggests the general character of this volume, which provides an overview of the area that served as the civic center of Athens from about 600 B.C. to A.D. 267. After a general resum? of the historical development of the Agora, the monuments are treated in detail, grouped by their use and purpose. Each monument is discussed in the light of both the literary and the archaeological evidence for its identification and its restoration. In the light of the topographical conclusions the route of Pausanias is traced. A chapter entitled "After the Heruli" follows the fortunes of the area from A.D. 267 till the 19th century; the last century is treated in the detailed report of the excavations up to 1971. This is a definitive survey of the historical and topographical results of 40 years of American excavations in the Athenian Agora.

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