Delphi and Olympia - The Spatial Politics of Panhellenism in Archaic Classical Periods

Informationen zum Autor Michael Scott is Moses and Mary Finley Fellow in Ancient History at Darwin College, Cambridge. He has recently published From Democrats to Kings: The Brutal Dawn on a New World from the Downfall of Athens to the Rise of Alexander the Great (2009). Klappentext Investigates and re-evaluates the remains of the two most important sanctuaries in ancient Greece. Zusammenfassung Investigates the physical remains of both Delphi and Olympia to show how different visitors interacted with the sacred spaces during the archaic and classical periods; the oracle and the games being but two of the many activities ongoing at both sites. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Athletes and oracles - but what else?; 2. Dedicating at Olympia and Delphi; 3. Delphi 650-500 BC; 4. Delphi 500-400 BC; 5. Delphi 400-300 BC; 6. Olympia 650-479 BC; 7. Olympia 479-300 BC; 8. Comparing spaces; 9. Panhellenic sanctuaries and panhellenism in context.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Scott, Michael (University of Cambridge) Scott
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2010
• EAN: 9780521191265
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19126-5
• No. of pages: 378
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology