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Athens, Attica and the Megarid: An Archaeological Guide [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 368 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 770 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Sep-2008
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415487250
  • ISBN-13: 9780415487252
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 368 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 770 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Sep-2008
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415487250
  • ISBN-13: 9780415487252
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.

Arvustused

'The great strength of this guidebook ... is the detail in relation to the well known sites ... and the inclusion of many more in the area ... This makes it an extremely useful work of reference.' - Minerva

'Purchase a copy for the school library ... and relive the real experiences which it enhanced.' - JACT Review

Illustrations ix
Foreword xv
Information for the reader xvi
1 Athens and Piraeus 1
1 Athens: a historical overview
1
2 The Acropolis
5
3 The slopes of the Acropolis and the Peripatos
47
4 The Areopagos, the Hill of the Nymphs, the Mouseion Hill with the Pnyx, the Philopappos Monument and the Kerameikos
55
5 The Greek Agora, the Roman Market, the Library of Hadrian and Monastiraki
69
6 Plaits, Olympieion, Ilissos Area, the First Cemetery and the Stadium of Herodes Atticus
93
7 The National Garden, main boulevards, National Museum, Lykabettos, Tourkovounia and the Academy at Kolonos Hippios
106
8 Piraeus and Daphni
140
9 Kaisariani and the monasteries and quarries on Hymettos
151
2 Attica I: From Athens to Sounion and In the Mesogela 185
1 Glyphada, Voula, Vouliagmeni, Vari and the south-west Attic coastal sites
185
2 From Anavyssos to Sounion
199
3 Lavrion, Thorilcos, Porto Raphti and Brauron
209
4 The Mesogeia: Loutsa, Raphina, Spata, Markopoulo, Koropi and Paiania
226
3 Attica II: The plain of Marathon and north-east Aftica 238
1 The plain of Marathon and the Battle of Marathon 490 BC
238
2 The Marathon Area
240
3 Rhamnous
245
4 The Amphiareion of Oropos and Avlona
249
4 Attica III: Pentelikon, Paroles and the Thriasian plain 256
1 Pentelikon and Dionysos
256
2 Pames with Phyle and Menidi
265
3 Eleusis
270
4 The Thriasian plain
280
5 The Megarid, the Attic border forts and Perachora 307
1 Megara
307
2 Alepochori and Vathichoria in the Megarian hinterland
312
3 The Attic border forts: Aigosthenai, Eleutherai and Oinoe
314
4 The Isthmus of Corinth and the Diolkos
322
5 Perachora
323
6 The islands of the Saronic Gulf: Salamis, Aigina and Poros 327
1 Salamis
327
2 Aigina
331
3 Poros
348
7 Appendices 353
1 The geography of Attica
353
2 The modem structure: administration and economy
354
3 The flora
355
4 The fauna
357
5 Some basic concepts of ancient architecture: Glossary
359
6 Observations on Byzantine church building in Greece
363
(a) The Early Christian period (306-527)
363
(b) The Early Byzantine period (527-843)
365
(c) The Middle Byzantine period (843-1204)
366
(d) The Late Byzantine period (1204-1460)
370
(e) The post-Byzantine period (1460-1830)
371
7 List of the most important monuments in chronological order
372
Index of sites and monuments 376
Bibliography 385
Hans Rupprecht Goette