| Description |
xxvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Note |
Abridged, rev., updated, and reorganized version of the author's The Athenian Acropolis: history, mythology, and archaeology from the Neolithic era to the present, published in 1999. |
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On CD-ROM: Images by Jeffrey M. Hurwit ; CD-ROM by Adam D. Newton. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index. |
| Contents |
The rock and the goddess -- Landscape of memory: the past on the classical Acropolis -- Pericles, Athens, and the building program -- The Parthenon -- The Propylaia -- The Erechtheion: the classical Temple of Athena Polias -- The sanctuary of Athena Nike -- The rest of the program -- The Periclean Acropolis as a whole. |
| Subject |
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
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Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities.
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Monuments -- Conservation and restoration -- Greece -- Athens.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Athens.
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| Added Author |
Newton, Adam D.
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Hurwit, Jeffrey M., 1949-
Athenian Acropolis.
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| ISBN |
0521820405 |
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0521527406 pb. |
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