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The 15 papers presented here contribute new findings that result from intensive, firsthand examinations of the archaeological and epigraphical evidence. They illustrate how much may be gained by reexamining material from older excavations, and from the methodological shift from documenting information to closer analysis and larger historical reflection. They offer a variety of perspectives on a range of issues: the ambiance of the ancient city for passersby, filled with roadside shrines; techniques of architectural construction and sculpting; religious expression in Athens including cults of Asklepios and Serapis; the precise procedures for Greek sacrifice; how the borders of Attica were defined over time, and details of its road-system. In presenting this volume the contributors are continuing in a long tradition of autopsy – in the sense of ‘personal observation’ – in Athens, that began even in the Hellenistic period and has continued through the writings of centuries of travelers and academics to the present day. HISTORY / Ancient / Greece

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Author

Miles, Margaret Melanie

Publisher

Oxbow Books, Limited

Published

2015

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction