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The Athenian Acropolis : history, mythology, and archaeology from the Neolithic era to the present / Jeffrey M. Hurwit

By: Hurwit, Jeffrey M, 1949-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 1999Description: xv, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521417864Subject(s): Monuments -- Conservation and restoration -- Greece -- Athens | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Athens | Monuments -- Conservation and restoration -- Greece -- Athens | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Athens | Acropolis (Athens, Greece) -- History | Athens (Greece) -- CivilizationLOC classification: DF287.A2 | H87 1999
Contents:
List of Illustrations
List of Plates
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Rock
Goddess
Acropolis in Athenian Life and Literature
Strong House of Erechtheus: The Acropolis in the Bronze Age
Sanctuary and Citadel: The Character of the Acropolis, 1065-600
Tyranny, Democracy, and the Archaic Acropolis, 600-480
Early Classical Acropolis, 479-450
A Guide to the High Classical Acropolis, 450-400
Parthenon Frieze, Nike, and Thematic Unity on the Classical Acropolis
Pandora and the Athena Parthenos: Myth, Gender, and Patriarchy on the Classical Acropolis
Reflections Upon the Golden Age: The Late Classical Acropolis, 400-322
Hellenistic and Roman Acropolis
End of the Ancient Acropolis
Restoration
Pausanias's Description of the Acropolis
Plutarch on the Periklean Building Program
Catalogue of the Major Monuments of the Classical Acropolis
Chronological Table
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 32 - Main Room
E7b ATHEN 19345 Not for loan BOOKS*000000012510

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-378) and index

List of Illustrations

List of Plates

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Rock

Goddess

Acropolis in Athenian Life and Literature

Strong House of Erechtheus: The Acropolis in the Bronze Age

Sanctuary and Citadel: The Character of the Acropolis, 1065-600

Tyranny, Democracy, and the Archaic Acropolis, 600-480

Early Classical Acropolis, 479-450

A Guide to the High Classical Acropolis, 450-400

Parthenon Frieze, Nike, and Thematic Unity on the Classical Acropolis

Pandora and the Athena Parthenos: Myth, Gender, and Patriarchy on the Classical Acropolis

Reflections Upon the Golden Age: The Late Classical Acropolis, 400-322

Hellenistic and Roman Acropolis

End of the Ancient Acropolis

Restoration

Pausanias's Description of the Acropolis

Plutarch on the Periklean Building Program

Catalogue of the Major Monuments of the Classical Acropolis

Chronological Table

Notes

Works Cited

Index