The games at Athens : tonathenethenathlon /
Neils, Jenifer, 1950-
The games at Athens : tonathenethenathlon / Tonathenethenathlon Games at Athens Jenifer Neils and Stephen V. Tracy. - Athens : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, c2003. - 32, [1] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. - Excavations of the Athenian Agora. Picture book ; no. 25 . - Excavations of the Athenian Agora. Picture book no. 25. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 33).
This attractive book presents a general introduction to the Greater Panathenaia, the week-long religious and civic festival held at Athens every four years in honor of the city's patron goddess, Athena. The highlight of the city's festival calendar, with its musical, athletic, and equestrian contests, tribal events, processions, sacrifices, and other activities, the Greater Panathenaia involved all the residents of Athens--not just adult males but women, children, metics (resident aliens), foreigners, and even slaves. The facilities, administration, program events, prizes, and associated monuments are described.--ASCSA site.
0876616414
Panathenaia.
Athletics in art.
Athletes--History.--Greece--Athens
Athletics--History.--Greece--Athens
Art, Greek--Themes, motives.
Athens (Greece)--Antiquities.
Greece--Antiquities.
DF123 / .N452 2003
The games at Athens : tonathenethenathlon / Tonathenethenathlon Games at Athens Jenifer Neils and Stephen V. Tracy. - Athens : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, c2003. - 32, [1] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. - Excavations of the Athenian Agora. Picture book ; no. 25 . - Excavations of the Athenian Agora. Picture book no. 25. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 33).
This attractive book presents a general introduction to the Greater Panathenaia, the week-long religious and civic festival held at Athens every four years in honor of the city's patron goddess, Athena. The highlight of the city's festival calendar, with its musical, athletic, and equestrian contests, tribal events, processions, sacrifices, and other activities, the Greater Panathenaia involved all the residents of Athens--not just adult males but women, children, metics (resident aliens), foreigners, and even slaves. The facilities, administration, program events, prizes, and associated monuments are described.--ASCSA site.
0876616414
Panathenaia.
Athletics in art.
Athletes--History.--Greece--Athens
Athletics--History.--Greece--Athens
Art, Greek--Themes, motives.
Athens (Greece)--Antiquities.
Greece--Antiquities.
DF123 / .N452 2003