The story of Lemnos : myth - history - heritage / Dimitris Plantzos ; translated by Don Evely.

By:

Plantzos, Dimitris [author]

Contributor(s):

Evely, R. D. G [translator]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Modern (1453- ) Publication details: Athens : Kapon, c2022.Description: 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9786182180013

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

938.974

Contents:

Reading (about) Lemnos -- Lemnos in myth and legend -- Through the lens of archaeology -- From Byzantium to the Venetians -- Lemnos under the Sultans -- The heritage of the twentieth century.

Summary: "In the story of Lemnos, the age-long history of a relatively unknown and somewhat ignored until recently Aegean island turns into a fascinating narrative, a real chronicle of the place and its people. In its pages, readers will find important information about the society, the economy, the political life, the art and the intellectual output of the island over time, from the first nomadic settlements during the late Paleolithic period (ca. 10,500 BC), until today: with extensive references to the prehistoric cities of Poliochni and Myrina, to the important site of Koukonisi, Hephaestia and Kaveirion during the Archaic and Classical Periods (7th-4th centuries BC), Lemnos of the Hellenistic and Roman eras, Lemnos as a Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman possession, but also the life of the island and its inhabitants from the liberation of 1912-13 onwards. Finally, we get to read about Lemnos of today: places of historical importance, archeological sites and museums, but also locations of natural beauty, geological monuments and places of ecological interest, beaches and traditional settlements. There are also references to the intangible and gastronomic heritage of the island, but also the music and dance tradition that is reviving to this day." -- Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	938.974 PLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011509

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Includes index.

Reading (about) Lemnos -- Lemnos in myth and legend -- Through the lens of archaeology -- From Byzantium to the Venetians -- Lemnos under the Sultans -- The heritage of the twentieth century.

"In the story of Lemnos, the age-long history of a relatively unknown and somewhat ignored until recently Aegean island turns into a fascinating narrative, a real chronicle of the place and its people. In its pages, readers will find important information about the society, the economy, the political life, the art and the intellectual output of the island over time, from the first nomadic settlements during the late Paleolithic period (ca. 10,500 BC), until today: with extensive references to the prehistoric cities of Poliochni and Myrina, to the important site of Koukonisi, Hephaestia and Kaveirion during the Archaic and Classical Periods (7th-4th centuries BC), Lemnos of the Hellenistic and Roman eras, Lemnos as a Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman possession, but also the life of the island and its inhabitants from the liberation of 1912-13 onwards.
Finally, we get to read about Lemnos of today: places of historical importance, archeological sites and museums, but also locations of natural beauty, geological monuments and places of ecological interest, beaches and traditional settlements. There are also references to the intangible and gastronomic heritage of the island, but also the music and dance tradition that is reviving to this day." -- Back cover.