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The Treasures of the Parthenon and Erechtheion (Hardcover, New)
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The Treasures of the Parthenon and Erechtheion (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology
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Furniture, armour, jewellery, musical instruments, bronze, silver,
and gold vases, and other priceless offerings all accumulated in
the Parthenon and Erechtheion on the Athenian Acropolis during the
classical period. Annual inventories of these precious objects were
inscribed by the Athenians on marble tablets from 434 to 300 BC.
The two hundred fragments of these stelai which have survived are
the only evidence for these cult objects, gifts to Athena, and
treasures of the city, since the items themselves have long since
vanished - either stolen, melted down, or disintegrated. This
volume presents the evidence for these ancient treasures for the
first time, and provides data with important implications for the
history of Athens and Greek religion. Chapters include a history of
the treasures on the Acropolis, catalogues of each object kept in
the Opisthodomus, Proneos, Parthenon, Hekatompedos Neos, and
Erechtheion, and an analysis of the individual worshippers and
allied-city states who gave gifts and offerings to their goddess,
Athena. The most significant and startling conclusion from the
author's findings is that the gifts were used again and again, and
that the temples operated as repositories from which the treasures
might be deposited, withdrawn, or even borrowed.
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