The games at Athens : tonathenethenathlon / Jenifer Neils and Stephen V. Tracy.
Material type: TextSeries: Excavations of the Athenian Agora. Picture book ; no. 25.Publication details: Athens : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, c2003. Description: 32, [1] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cmISBN: 0876616414Other title: Tonathenethenathlon | Games at AthensSubject(s): Panathenaia | Athletics in art | Athletes -- Greece -- Athens -- History | Athletics -- Greece -- Athens -- History | Art, Greek -- Themes, motives | Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities | Greece -- AntiquitiesLOC classification: DF123 | .N452 2003Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | The BIAA David H. French Library Shelf 32 - Main Room | E7b ATHEN 25376 | Not for loan | books*000000019357 |
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.