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Trophies of Victory - Public Building in Periklean Athens (Paperback)
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Trophies of Victory - Public Building in Periklean Athens (Paperback)
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The Greek military victories at Marathon, Salamis, and Plataia
during the Persian Wars profoundly shaped fifth-century politics
and culture. By long tradition, the victors commemorated their
deliverance by dedicating thank-offerings in the sanctuaries of
their gods, and the Athenians erected no fewer than ten new temples
and other buildings. Because these buildings were all at some stage
of construction during the political ascendency of Perikles, in the
third quarter of the fifth century, modern writers refer to them
collectively as the Periklean building program. In Trophies of
Victory, T. Leslie Shear, Jr., who directed archaeological
excavations at the Athenian Agora for more than twenty-five years,
provides the first comprehensive account of the Periklean buildings
as a group. This richly illustrated book examines each building in
detail, including its archaeological reconstruction, architectural
design, sculptural decoration, chronology, and construction
history. Shear emphasizes the Parthenon's revolutionary features
and how they influenced smaller contemporary temples. He examines
inscriptions that show how every aspect of public works was
strictly controlled by the Athenian Assembly. In the case of the
buildings on the Acropolis and the Telesterion at Eleusis, he looks
at accounts of their overseers, which illuminate the
administration, financing, and organization of public works.
Throughout, the book provides new details about how the Periklean
buildings proclaimed Athenian military prowess, aggrandized the
city's cults and festivals, and laid claim to its religious and
cultural primacy in the Greek world.
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