Athens, Attica and the Megarid

Author: Hans Rupprecht Goette
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113454393X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476

Book Description
This exciting new guide is the ideal companion to Greece if you are a traveller with historical and archaeological interests, as it combines practical information with impeccable scholarly research. Written by an expert on Greece's landscape and archaeology, the guide is unique in exploring a wide range of sites off the beaten track. It also tours all the best-known monuments and regions, from the Acropolis to Aegina, from Megara to Marathon and from Sounion to Salamis. Beautifully illustrated with over 200 plates, maps, plans and drawings, it includes: * precise descriptions of routes and individual sites * artistic, historical, social and political background * unprecedented coverage outside Athens * detailed exploration of the post-classical, Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods. Take it with you on your travels or read it at home; either way, you will gain a deeper appreciation and enjoyment of Greece's history and archaeology.

Athens and Attica

Author: Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Athens and Attica in Prehistory: Proceedings of the International Conference, Athens, 27–31 May 2015

Author: Nikolas Papadimitriou
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789696720
Category : History
Languages : el
Pages : 698

Book Description
This book provides the most complete overview of the Attica region from the Neolithic to the end of the Late Bronze Age. It paves the way for a new understanding of Attica in the Early Iron Age and indirectly throws new light on the origins of what will later become the polis of the Athenians.

Attica and Athens: an inquiry into the civil, moral and religious institutions of the inhabitants, the rise and decline of the Athenian power, and the topography and chorography of Ancient Attica and Athens ... Translated from the German of K. O. Müller, Grotefend, and others

Author: John Ingram LOCKHART (Miscellaneous Writer.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Fortress Attica

Author: J. Ober
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900432819X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
This book analyzes the defense policy of Athens in the period after the Peloponnesian War. In order to counter new offensive strategies and to protect vital local sources of revenue, the Athenians instituted a system of territorial defense, based on massive frontier fortresses and a sophisticated signal network. Individual chapters treat Athens' postwar economic situations, the development of Greek military science, the rise of a defensive mentality among the Athenian citizens, theorectical literature on defense, and Athens' military establishment. A major section is devoted to detailed descriptions of the land routes into Attica and of all ancient fortresses, towers, and military highways in the frontier zones. Concluding chapters demonstrate how the defense system worked in practic.

Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas

Author: Cilliers Breytenbach
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004524592
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 625

Book Description
This volume focuses on the rise and expansion of Christianity in Athens, Attica, and adjacent areas, from the Pauline mission until the closing of the philosophical schools under Justinian I. It takes into account all relevant literary, epigraphical, and archaeological evidence.

Athens and Attica: notes of a tour

Author: Chr Wordsworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Athens and Attica

Author: Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Athens and Attica

Author: Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Athens and Attica

Author: Andreas G. Vlachopoulos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789602043370
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The book presents the prehistory of Attica (Neolithic and Bronze Age) first and then focuses mainly on the topography of the city-state of Athens over the centuries from 1050 BC, the beginning of historical times, to the 3rd/4th century AD, which is considered the end of Antiquity. The narration combines a discussion of the topographical, epigraphical and archaeological data, as well as of the great works of ancient Greek art created in Athens during this period. Apart from the city (asty), the book presents the archaeological evidence from the demoi in Attica, the vitally important rural territory (chora) of the city-state, integral to the functioning of the political system. Particular emphasis is placed on the demos of Piraeus, main port of Athens, which played a significant role in Athenian economy and history in general. The extensive appendix presents plans, architectural drawings, and graphic restorations of monuments with explanatory texts by Panos Valavanis and Lydia Palaiokrassa-Kopitsa, and enriches the illustrations.