Heracles to Alexander the Great :  treasures from the royal capital of Macedon, a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy / 
 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.]. 
 - Oxford :  Ashmolean Museum,  2011. 
 - xv, 271 p. :  col. ill., maps, plans ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Apr. 7-Aug. 29, 2011. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-270). 
<br/><br/> The legend of Macedon: a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy /  Macedon, c.650-336 BC /  Royalty and democracy: the case of Macedonia /  Aegae: 160 years of archaeological research /  The Mycenaean presence in Macedonia: new evidence from the region of Emathia /  Trade and exchange in the Macedonian court /  War and hunting: the world of the Macedonian king and his companions /  Queens, princesses and high priestesses: the role of women at the Macedonian court /  The occupants of Tomb II at Vergina: why Arrhidaios and Eurydice must be excluded /  Burial customs and beliefs in the royal necropolis of Aegae /  Aegae: the Macedonian metropolis /  The royal banquet: a capital institution /  Macedonian metallurgy: an expression of royalty /  The royal presence in the agora of Aegae /  Macedonian coinage before Alexander /  Painting at the Macedonian court /  Pella: the 'greatest of the cities in Macedonia' : the new capital of the kingdom of Macedon /  From basileion to kaisareion: the Roman heritage of Philip's palace at Aegae /  The palace of Philip II in Aegae /  Angeliki Kottaridi --  Robin Lane Fox --  Miltiades Hatzopoulos --  Yannis Galanakis --  Elena Kountouri --  Ioannes Graekos --  Ioannes Graekos --  Angeliki Kottaridi --  Jonathan Musgrave and John Prag --  Angeliki Kottaridi --  Angeliki Kottaridi --  Angeliki Kottaridi --  Stella Drougou --  Chrysoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli --  Sophia Kremydi --  Harikleia Brekoulaki --  Maria Lilimpaki-Akamati --  Susan Walker --  Angeliki Kottaridi. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1854442546 9781854442543 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Philipp II.  Makedonien, König  v382-v336 <br/>Philipp (Makedonien, König, II.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art, Macedonian--Exhibitions.<br/>Excavations (Archaeology)--Macedonia--Exhibitions.<br/>Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Vergina--Exhibitions.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Macedonia--Antiquities--Exhibitions.<br/>Macedonia--History--Exhibitions.<br/>Vergina (Greece)--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>exhibition catalogs.<br/>Exhibition catalogs<br/>History<br/>Exhibition catalogs<br/>Catalogues d'exposition.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N5687  / .H43 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>939.18