Topography of Athens - With Some Remarks on Its Antiquities

Klappentext A pioneering historical reconstruction of the main buildings and landmarks of ancient Athens! first published in 1821. Zusammenfassung William Martin Leake (1777–1860) was a British military officer and classical scholar. First published in 1821, this volume contains Leake's pioneering topographical reconstruction of ancient Athens. This book was regarded as authoritative for the structures of ancient Athens for most of the nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The description of Athens by Pausanias; 2. Of the positions and existing monuments of ancient Athens, concerning the identity of which there can be little or no doubt; 3. Of Mounts Anchesmus and Lycabettus. Of Dipylum and the Peiraic Gate; 4. First part of the route of Pausanias. From the Stoa Basileius to Enneacrunnus; 5. Second part of the route of Pausanius. From the Stoa Basileius to Prytaneium; 6. Third part of the route of Pausanius. From the Prytaneium to the Stadium; 7. Fourth part of the route of Pausanius. From the Prytaneium to the Propylaea of the Acropolis; 8. Fifth and last part of the description of Pausanius. The Acropolis, Areiopagus, and Academy; 9. Of Peiraeeus, Munychia, and Phalerum. Of the Long Walls, and other fortifications of the city.

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• Authors: William Martin Leake, Leake William Martin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2010
• EAN: 9781108017626
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01762-6
• No. of pages: 596
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Ancient Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Archaeology by period / region, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology