Heracles to Alexander the Great : treasures from the royal capital of Macedon, a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy / a collaboration between the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities ; [exhibition curator and editor, Yannis Galanakis ; catalogue, Declan McCarthy... et al.].
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Ashmolean Museum, 2011. Description: xv, 271 p. : col. ill., maps, plans ; 28 cmISBN: 1854442546; 9781854442543 (pbk.)Other title: Treasures from the royal capital of Macedon, a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracySubject(s): Philipp II. Makedonien, König v382-v336 | Philipp (Makedonien, König, II.) | Art, Macedonian -- Exhibitions | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Macedonia -- Exhibitions | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Vergina -- Exhibitions | Macedonia -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions | Macedonia -- History -- Exhibitions | Vergina (Greece) -- Antiquities -- ExhibitionsGenre/Form: exhibition catalogs. | Exhibition catalogs | History | Exhibition catalogs | Catalogues d'exposition.DDC classification: 939.18 LOC classification: N5687 | .H43 2011Other classification: NH 6050 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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The BIAA David H. French Library Shelf 23 - Main Room | A3b OXFORD 28252 | Not for loan | BOOKS*000000021080 |
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Apr. 7-Aug. 29, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-270).
The legend of Macedon: a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy / Angeliki Kottaridi -- Macedon, c.650-336 BC / Robin Lane Fox -- Royalty and democracy: the case of Macedonia / Miltiades Hatzopoulos -- Aegae: 160 years of archaeological research / Yannis Galanakis -- The Mycenaean presence in Macedonia: new evidence from the region of Emathia / Elena Kountouri -- Trade and exchange in the Macedonian court / Ioannes Graekos -- War and hunting: the world of the Macedonian king and his companions / Ioannes Graekos -- Queens, princesses and high priestesses: the role of women at the Macedonian court / Angeliki Kottaridi -- The occupants of Tomb II at Vergina: why Arrhidaios and Eurydice must be excluded / Jonathan Musgrave and John Prag -- Burial customs and beliefs in the royal necropolis of Aegae / Angeliki Kottaridi -- Aegae: the Macedonian metropolis / Angeliki Kottaridi -- The royal banquet: a capital institution / Angeliki Kottaridi -- Macedonian metallurgy: an expression of royalty / Stella Drougou -- The royal presence in the agora of Aegae / Chrysoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli -- Macedonian coinage before Alexander / Sophia Kremydi -- Painting at the Macedonian court / Harikleia Brekoulaki -- Pella: the 'greatest of the cities in Macedonia' : the new capital of the kingdom of Macedon / Maria Lilimpaki-Akamati -- From basileion to kaisareion: the Roman heritage of Philip's palace at Aegae / Susan Walker -- The palace of Philip II in Aegae / Angeliki Kottaridi.
Excavations in the late 1970s in the modern village of Vergina revealed spectacular royal tombs. One was identified as belonging to Philip II and others to members of Alexander the Great's family. This book documents these finds.