This is a highly original study of the means of starting foot races in ancient Greek competitions and how a simultaneous start for all competitors was guaranteed. The author's explanation of how starting mechanisms were constructed and operated is based on his examination and analysis of stadium architecture, depictions on Panathenaic amphora, ancient epigraphical and literary texts, and the specialized bibliography on ancient Greek technology. The appendix describes a modern-day reconstruction of a starting mechanism.

Hysplex: The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia: A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology (UC Publications in Classical Studies)

History

Valavanis, Panos

Ancient Civilizations

University of California Press

The Acropolis through its Museum is not simply a guidebook to the Acropolis Museum. By presenting the works of art exhibited in the museum, it endeavours to resynthesize the history of the Sacred Rock as part of the cultural and the wider historical process of Athens. The book follows the visitor's tour of the museum, so that the reader can study and learn more about the antiquities he sees before him. However, it is written is such a way that through independent inquiry the reader is able to approach the subjects more deeply and to understand the preconditions - political, social, economic, ideological, artistic and technological - that led to the creation of the unique monuments on the Acropolis. The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs, as well as numerous plans and reconstruction drawings, which enable the reader to understand each of the fragmentarily preserved works in its context. It also answers many of the questions raised in the discerning reader's mind, such as what was the size and the population of ancient Athens, what is the meaning of the beasts represented on the large Archaic pediments, what do the Korai statues represent, why did the Erechtheion become so complex and what was the role of the Karyatids, why was the temple of Athena Nike built in the Ionic order, what led Pericles and his advisers to opt for the specific building programme and how were the major public works financed, why was it decided to place an Ionic frieze on the Doric Parthenon, what political messages were transmitted to Sparta through the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon, and so on. Authored by a university professor who has been involved with studying and teaching the Acropolis for over thirty years, the publication is of the impeccable artistic quality distinctive of books produced by KAPON Editions.

The Acropolis: Through its Museum (Greek Edition)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Kapon Editions

The Acropolis through its Museum is not simply a guidebook to the Acropolis Museum. By presenting the works of art exhibited in the museum, it endeavours to resynthesize the history of the Sacred Rock as part of the cultural and the wider historical process of Athens. The book follows the visitor's tour of the museum, so that the reader can study and learn more about the antiquities he sees before him. However, it is written is such a way that through independent inquiry the reader is able to approach the subjects more deeply and to understand the preconditions - political, social, economic, ideological, artistic and technological - that led to the creation of the unique monuments on the Acropolis. The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs, as well as numerous plans and reconstruction drawings, which enable the reader to understand each of the fragmentarily preserved works in its context. It also answers many of the questions raised in the discerning reader's mind, such as what was the size and the population of ancient Athens, what is the meaning of the beasts represented on the large Archaic pediments, what do the Korai statues represent, why did the Erechtheion become so complex and what was the role of the Karyatids, why was the temple of Athena Nike built in the Ionic order, what led Pericles and his advisers to opt for the specific building programme and how were the major public works financed, why was it decided to place an Ionic frieze on the Doric Parthenon, what political messages were transmitted to Sparta through the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon, and so on. Authored by a university professor who has been involved with studying and teaching the Acropolis for over thirty years, the publication is of the impeccable artistic quality distinctive of books produced by KAPON Editions.

The Acropolis: Through its Museum

Acropolis: Visiting its Museum and its Monuments, the outcome of assiduous research based on the most recent scientific findings, aims to be a friendly and useful travel companion. Its descriptions and interpretative analyses help us to see the monuments in a different way and to understand the historical, artistic and political events that contributed to their creation. Through the texts and the illustrations we get to know the gods and heroes who were worshipped on the Acropolis, the leaders who envisaged the major projects, the artists who brought them to fruition, as well as the innovative ideas they applied and the Athenian citizens who admired and enjoyed these achievements. This little book will help us to explore and engage with the monuments of Athens, not with awe but with the joy that springs from knowledge.

Acropolis: Visiting its Museum and its Monuments

ΣTHN APXAIA EΛΛAΔA OI AΘΛHTIKOI AΓΩNEΣ ΔEN HTAN AΠΛA KAI MONON AΓΩNEΣ. TEΛOYNTAN KYPIΩΣ ΠPOΣ TIMHN TΩN ΘEΩN, MEΣA H KONTA ΣTA IEPA, ENTAΓMENA ΣTIΣ MEΓAΛEΣ ΘPHΣKEYTIKEΣ EOPTEΣ. OI AΘΛHTEΣ AΓΩNIZONTAN ΠPΩTA ΓIA TOYΣ ΘEOYΣ KAI META ΓIA THN ΠOΛH TOYΣ KAI TOYΣ IΔIOYΣ? ΠIΣTEYAN OTI OI NIKHTEΣ TΩN AΓΩNΩN ΔEN OΦEIΛAN TH NIKH TOYΣ MONO ΣTIΣ EΞAIPETIKEΣ TOYΣ IKANOTHTEΣ AΛΛA KAI ΣTH XAPH TΩN ΘEΩN.ΠAMΠOΛΛOI AΓΩNEΣ -EIXAN ΩΣ ΠPOTYΠO AΓΩNIΣMATA KAI AΓΩNEΣ ΠPOΓENEΣTEPΩN ΠOΛITIΣMΩN THΣ EΓΓYΣ ANATOΛHΣ- EΛABAN XΩPA ΣTON APXAIO EΛΛHNIKO KOΣMO, ΣE KAΘE ΓΩNIA THΣ MEΣOΓEIOY, EKEI OΠOY ANΘIZE O EΛΛHNIKOΣ ΠOΛITIΣMOΣ. [.] TO BIBΛIO "IEPA KAI AΓΩNEΣ ΣTHN APXAIA EΛΛAΔA" TIMA TOYΣ AΘΛHTEΣ, TOYΣ AΓΩNEΣ, TA IEPA, TIΣ ΠOΛEIΣ KAI, KYPIΩΣ, TO APXAIO EΛΛHNIKO ΠNEYMA ΠOY TOYΣ ENEΠNEE ΓIA ΠEPIΣΣOTEPA AΠO 1.

Iera Kai Agones Stin Archaia Ellada (Greek Edition)

The book Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece attempts to give prominence to the close connection between ancient games, gods, heroes and their sanctuaries. The pages of this new publication present four major Panhellenic festivals, the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean and Isthmian festivals, and one great local celebration, the Panathenaia, along with the sanctuaries at which the games were held: Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, Isthmia and Athens respectively.The buildings and general plans of the ancient sanctuaries, the achievements of the gods and heroes, the primeval myths and the history of the games are all set forth in clear, academically documented texts. Views of the sites, plans, a variety of finds from the excavations - sculptures and pottery, metalworks, coins and inscriptions - illustrate the texts and give a clear picture of both the sanctuaries and games and also the ancient myths.

Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece

The book Great Moments in Greek Archaeology presents twenty-one major archaeological finds made in Greece in the last two centuries. The chapters are devoted to excavations and discoveries that set their seal on their time and contributed to the progress of the science of archaeology. The authors of the various chapters place great importance on the history of the discoveries, on the political and social circumstances of the period, and also on the human factor, especially the excavators. Pictures of archaeological sites during the excavations, juxtaposed with pictures of the same sites at the present day, along with illustrations of the most important finds, at the time of their discovery and as displayed in museums at present, bring to life historical memories and project the archaeological sites and finds. An introductory text by V. Petrakos, member of the Academy of Athens, sets the historical context and describes the course of Greek archaeology from the foundation of the modern Greek state to the present day.

Great moments in greek archaeology

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