The Agora of Athens : the history, shape, and uses of an ancient city center / by Homer A. Thompson and R. E. Wycherley.

By:

Thompson, Homer A [author]

Contributor(s):

Wycherley, R. E. (Richard Ernest) [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The Athenian Agora ; v. 14.Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1972.Description: xxiii, 257 pages, approximately 56 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

938.5

Online resources:

Online access to the electronic book.

Summary: "The subtitle, The History, Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Center, suggests the general character of this volume, which provides an overview of the area that served as the civic center of Athens from about 600 B.C. to A.D. 267. After a general resumé of the historical development of the Agora, the monuments are treated in detail, grouped by their use and purpose. Each monument is discussed in the light of both the literary and the archaeological evidence for its identification and its restoration. In the light of the topographical conclusions the route of Pausanias is traced. A chapter entitled "After the Heruli" follows the fortunes of the area from A.D. 267 till the 19th century; the last century is treated in the detailed report of the excavations up to 1971. This is a definitive survey of the historical and topographical results of 40 years of American excavations in the Athenian Agora."-- Publisher's description.

List(s) this item appears in: Anne Stewart's Collection

Holdings ( 2 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	938.5 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		00000011481
Ebook - Open Access	CYA Library Ebook Available Online		Link to resource	Available

Total holds: 0

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: pages [xxi]-xxiii.

"The subtitle, The History, Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Center, suggests the general character of this volume, which provides an overview of the area that served as the civic center of Athens from about 600 B.C. to A.D. 267. After a general resumé of the historical development of the Agora, the monuments are treated in detail, grouped by their use and purpose. Each monument is discussed in the light of both the literary and the archaeological evidence for its identification and its restoration. In the light of the topographical conclusions the route of Pausanias is traced. A chapter entitled "After the Heruli" follows the fortunes of the area from A.D. 267 till the 19th century; the last century is treated in the detailed report of the excavations up to 1971. This is a definitive survey of the historical and topographical results of 40 years of American excavations in the Athenian Agora."-- Publisher's description.