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Bridge of the Untiring Sea - The Corinthian Isthmus from Prehistory to Late Antiquity (Paperback)
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Bridge of the Untiring Sea - The Corinthian Isthmus from Prehistory to Late Antiquity (Paperback)
Series: Hesperia Supplement, 48
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Pindar's metaphor of the Isthmus as a bridge spanning two seas
encapsulates the essence of the place and gives a fitting title for
this volume of 17 essays on the history and archaeology of the
area. The Isthmus, best known for the panhellenic Sanctuary of
Poseidon, attracted travelers both before and after Pausanias's
visit in the 2nd century A.D., but only toward the end of the 19th
century were the ruins investigated and, a half century later,
finally systematically excavated. More recently, archaeologists
have surveyed the territory beyond the sanctuary, compiling
evidence for a varied picture of activity on the wider Isthmus and
the eastern Corinthia. The essays in this book celebrate 55 years
of research on the Isthmus and provide a comprehensive overview of
the state of our knowledge. Topics include an Early Mycenaean
habitation site at Kyras Vrysi; the settlement at Kalamianos; the
Archaic Temple of Poseidon; domestic architecture of the Rachi
settlement; dining vessels from the Sanctuary of Poseidon; the
Temple Deposit at Isthmia and the dating of Archaic and Early
Classical Greek coins; terracotta figurines from the Sanctuary of
Poseidon; the Chigi Painter; arms from the age of Philip and
Alexander at Broneer's West Foundation on the road to Corinth; new
sculptures from the Isthmian Palaimonion; an inscribed herm from
the Gymnasium Area of Corinth; Roman baths at Isthmia and sanctuary
baths in Greece; Roman buildings east of the Temple of Poseidon;
patterns of settlement and land use on the Roman Isthmus;
epigraphy, liturgy, and Imperial policy on the Justinianic Isthmus;
and circular lamps in the Late Antique Peloponnese.
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