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This exciting new guide is the ideal companion to Greece if you are
a traveller with historical and archaeological interests, as it
combines practical information with impeccable scholarly
research.
Written by an expert on Greece's landscape and archaeology, the
guide is unique in exploring a wide range of sites off the beaten
track. It also tours all the best-known monuments and regions, from
the Acropolis to Aegina, from Megara to Marathon and from Sounion
to Salamis.
Beautifully illustrated with over 200 plates, maps, plans and
drawings, it includes:
* precise descriptions of routes and individual sites
* artistic, historical, social and political background
* unprecedented coverage outside Athens
* detailed exploration of the post-classical, Byzantine and
post-Byzantine periods.
Take it with you on your travels or read it at home; either way,
you will gain a deeper appreciation and enjoyment of Greece's
history and archaeology.
Contents: Contents Forward Acknowledgements Information for the Reader Athens and Piraeus 1. Athens: a historical overview 2. The Acropolis 3. The slopes of the Acropolis and the Peripatos 4. The Areopagos, the Hill of the Nymphs, the Mouseion Hill with the Pnyx, the Philopappos Monument and the Kerameikos 5. The Greek Agora, the Roman Market, the Library of Hadrian and Monastiraki 6. Plaka, Olympieion, Ilissos Area, the First Cemetery and the Stadium of Herodes Atticus 7. The National Garden, main boulevards, National Museum, Lykabettos, Tourkovounia and the Academy at Kolonos Hippios 8. Piraeus and Daphni 9. Kaisariani and the monasteries and quarries on Hymettos Attica I: from Athens to Sounion and in the Mesogeia 1. Glyphada, Voula, Vouliagmeni, Vari and the southwest Attic coastal sites 2. From Anavyssos to Sounion 3. The Laurion, Thorikos, Porto Raphti and Brauron 4. The Mesogeia: Loutsa, Raphina, Spata, Markopoulo, Koropi and Paiania Attica II: the Plain of Marathon and the Battle of MArathon 490BC 2. The Marathon Area 3. Rhamnous 4. The Amphiareion of Oropos and Avlona Attica III: Pentelikon and Dionysos 2. Parnes with Phyle and Menidi 3. Eleusis 4. The Thriasian Plain The Megarid, the Attic Border Forts and Perachora 1. Megara 2. Alepochori and Vathichoria in the Megarian Hinterland 3. The Attic Border Forts: Aigosthenai, Eleutherai and Oinoe 4. The Isthmus of Corinth and Diolkos 5. Perachora The Islands of the Saronic Gulf: Salamis, Aigina and Poros 1. Salamis 2. Aigina 3. Poros Appendices 1. The Geography of Attica 2. The modern Structure: Administration and economy 3. The Flora 4. The Fauna 5. Some basic concepts of ancient architecture Glossary 6. Observations on Byzantine Church Building in Greece a) the Early Christian period (306-527) b) The Early Byzantine Period (527-843) c) The Middle Byzantine Period (843-1204) d) The Late Byzantine Period (1204-1460) e) the Post Byzantine Period (1460-1830) 7. List of the most important monuments in chronological order Index of Sites and Monuments Bibliography
Age-old scholarly dogma holds that the death of serious theatre
went hand-in-hand with the 'death' of the city-state and that the
fourth century BC ushered in an era of theatrical mediocrity
offering shallow entertainment to a depoliticised citizenry. The
traditional view of fourth-century culture is encouraged and
sustained by the absence of dramatic texts in anything more than
fragments. Until recently, little attention was paid to an enormous
array of non-literary evidence attesting, not only the sustained
vibrancy of theatrical culture, but a huge expansion of theatre
throughout (and even beyond) the Greek world. Epigraphic,
historiographic, iconographic and archaeological evidence indicates
that the fourth century BC was an age of exponential growth in
theatre. It saw: the construction of permanent stone theatres
across and beyond the Mediterranean world; the addition of
theatrical events to existing festivals; the creation of entirely
new contexts for drama; and vast investment, both public and
private, in all areas of what was rapidly becoming a major
'industry'. This is the first book to explore all the evidence for
fourth century ancient theatre: its architecture, drama,
dissemination, staging, reception, politics, social impact, finance
and memorialisation.
This volume of 15 papers is a tribute to Petros Themelis for his
significant contribution to Greek archaeology and especially to the
excavation, study and conservation to the ancient site of Messene
in the Peloponnese. An international cast of scholars has
contributed essays on a wide range of subjects (Greek sculpture,
epigraphy and architecture), which reflect the interests of the
honorand. New, previously unpublished material from Messenia,
Athens and elsewhere is here presented for the first time. The
geographical and chronological range of the contributions to this
book extends from the Geometric period to the Roman Empire and from
Macedonia to Crete and Magna Graecia.
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