Socrates in the Agora
Author | : Mabel Lang |
Publisher | : ASCSA |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Agora (Athens, Greece) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Mabel Lang |
Publisher | : ASCSA |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Agora (Athens, Greece) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Delyan Zahariev |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2005-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 059535193X |
The Great Agora is a metaphor--the metaphor of modern, cultivated, hurried, violent, intense, hostile, turbulent and media-dominated life. The book contains implied as well as more explicit critical/satirical approaches to ways and manners of existence that are especially pervasive in certain parts of the world today. The towerful man is another metaphor, that of the one who mindfully asks some questions from within living in the Great Agora. That is, the towerful man is no stranger to the life of the Great Agora--he is part of it. The Great Agora is a book on human mores, ethics, and morals. That is why it speaks in more than one language--in order to more fully reflect Agoric diversity. In addition, the tower provides a view over the Great Agora's homogeneously heterogeneous whole. While the towerful man is in one way or another a distant heir of (Nietzsche's) Zarathustra, not only in height but also in perspicacity, as it were, in sophia.
Author | : Christopher P. Dickenson |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2017-01-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004334750 |
On the Agora traces the evolution of the main public square of the Greek polis for the six centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the height of the Roman Empire and the Herulian invasion of Greece in 267 AD. Drawing on literary, epigraphic and, especially, archaeological evidence, the book takes a comparative approach to consider how the layout and function of agoras in cities throughout Greece changed during centuries that witnessed far reaching transformations in culture, society and political life. The book challenges the popular view of the post-Classical agora as characterised by decline, makes important arguments about how we use evidence to understand ancient public spaces and proposes many new interpretations of individual sites.
Author | : John McK. Camp (II) |
Publisher | : ASCSA |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780876616260 |
While this booklet is illustrated solely with materials from the Athenian Agora, it also provides a concise introduction to building styles and techniques that will be useful to anyone interested in ancient Greek architecture. From financing to tools, and from mason's marks to the clamps that held blocks together, no detail is omitted in this well-illustrated text. The different parts of monumental buildings, from the foundations to the tile roofs, are all discussed with clear drawings to indicate how the whole was constructed.
Author | : John McK. Camp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Agora (Athens, Greece) |
ISBN | : 9780500276839 |
"The great public square known as the Agora was the focal point of life in ancient Athens. It acted as the living heart of the community, where citizens met formally to administer civic affairs, and informally to trade or discuss politics or to take part in religious processions and athletic displays. Drawing on the wealth of excavated evidence, richly supplemented by literary and inscriptional references, Professor Camp tells the story of the Agora from Neolithic to medieval times". -Back cover.
Author | : Panos Valavanēs |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780892369102 |
This beautifully illustrated book offers a wide-ranging overview of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries from ancient Greece. The contributors--a veritable who's who of the most venerable names in Greek archaeology--include both those who have excavated at the sites in question and scholars who have spent a lifetime studying the monuments about which they write. Presented here are the legendary sites of ancient Greece, including the Athenian Acropolis, Olympia, Delphi, Schliemann's Mycenae, and the Athenian Agora; the most iconic sculptures in the Greek world, such as the Aphrodite of Melos and the Nike of Samothrace; and several fascinating chapters on underwater archaeology discussing the Kyrenia and Uluburun shipwrecks and the astonishing bronze masterpieces raised from the sea. This is the first book to bring together the archaeological legacy of ancient Greece in a concise and accessible way while still preserving the excitement of discovery.
Author | : Alex Gottesman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2014-10-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107041686 |
This book examines 'informal' politics, such as gossip and political theatrics, and how they related to more 'formal' politics of assembly and courts.
Author | : Colin M. Whiting |
Publisher | : Agora Picture Book |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2021-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780876616468 |
In this book, readers are shown how dogs fit into ancient Greek society with material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Topics range from how ancient Greeks hunted with dogs and what they considered a proper dog's name to the excavation of tender burials in the Agora and the sacrifice of dogs to the gods of the underworld. Mythological dogs like the three-headed Kerberos appear, as do the pawprints that very real dogs left behind more than a thousand years ago. Dozens of illustrations of pottery, sculpture, and excavated remains enliven the text. Anyone curious about dogs in antiquity and how they relate to dogs in the present day will be sure to find interesting material in this portable, affordable text.
Author | : John McK. Camp II |
Publisher | : American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2010-02-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1621390160 |
This definitive guide to the archaeological remains in the civic and commercial center of ancient Athens is an essential companion to the interested visitor, as well as to students of the topography of the classical city. A large-scale map provides an overview of the site, keyed to descriptions and plans of every monument still visible from the majestic Temple of Hephaistos to the utilitarian Great Drain. The fifth edition retains many of the elements that made the earlier editions so popular, but also takes full account of new discoveries and recent scholarship. It is intended for visitors touring the site, and is arranged topographically, monument by monument. Also included are an overview of the historical development of the site and a history of the excavations. A companion guide to the Agora Museum in the Stoa of Attalos is also available (The Athenian Agora: Museum Guide, by Laura Gawlinski, 2014).
Author | : Laura Gawlinski |
Publisher | : American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2014-06-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1621390179 |
Written for the general visitor, the Athenian Agora Museum Guide is a companion to the 2010 edition of the Athenian Agora Site Guide and leads the reader through all of the display spaces within the Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian Agora - the terrace, the ground-floor colonnade, and the newly opened upper story. The guide also discusses each case in the museum gallery chronologically, beginning with the prehistoric and continuing with the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Hundreds of artifacts, ranging from common pottery to elite jewelry held in 81 cases, are described and illustrated in color for the very first time. Through focus boxes, readers can learn about marble-working, early burial practices, pottery production, ostracism, home life, and the wells that dotted the ancient site. A timeline, maps, and plans accompany the text. For those who wish to learn more about what they see in the museum, a list of further reading follows each entry.