Author : John Pedley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2005-10-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521809351
Covering important themes and issues which are linked to historic and specific sanctuaries, this book will provide students with an accessible yet authoritative introduction to ancient Greek sanctuaries.
Author : John Pedley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 32,20 MB
Release : 2005-10-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521006354
This book explores the variety of ancient Greek sanctuaries--their settings, spaces, shapes, and structures--and the rituals associated with them, such as festivals and processions, sacrifice and libation, dining and drinking, prayer and offering, dance, initiation, consultation, and purification. Subsequent chapters trace the consequences of the Roman conquest, the triumph of Christianity, as well as the impact of Turks, travelers, archaeologists, and tourists on these sites. Featuring an exhaustive glossary and bibliography, the volume provides an accessible, authoritative introduction to ancient Greek sanctuaries and their ritual activities.
Author : Jeremy McInerney
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 25,2 MB
Release : 2010-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691140073
Includes selections translated from the Ancient Greek.
Author : Mary Emerson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1472575296
Assuming no prior knowledge, this book introduces the reader to a selection of sites and temples, exploring them in detail and explaining all technical terms along the way. Intended for college-level students and the interested general reader, this book aims to equip the student of Greek architecture for further study, and can also serve as a handbook for visitors to the sanctuaries. The book covers many of the most popular sites, including Delphi, Olympia and the Athenian Acropolis. In this second edition there are new chapters on Western Greece, covering the site of Paestum in Magna Graecia (South Italy), and the unique temple of Olympian Zeus in Acragas, Sicily. The book also offers a concise account of the evolution of Greek architecture, explores aesthetic ideas underlying Greek architectural design, and gives consideration to specific buildings in their social and religious context. This second edition has expanded the discussion of the most important temples and lays emphasis on architectural sculpture as part of the meaning of the whole building. Along with an updated bibliography and a glossary, an abundance of plans, photos and drawings helps clarify the text.
Author : Tyler Jo Smith
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 13,27 MB
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 0812252810
"An examination of the combined subjects of ancient Greek art and religion, dealing with festivals, performance, rites of passage, and the archaeology of death, to name a few examples, to explore the visual, material, and textual dimensions of ancient Greek religion"--
Author : François de Polignac
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 27,61 MB
Release : 1995-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226673332
Combining archaeological and textual evidence the author suggests that most of the 8th Century settlements that would become the city-states of classical Greece were defined as much by the boundaries of civilised' space as by their urban centres.
Author : Sarah Hitch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 33,11 MB
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 110821004X
This volume brings together studies on Greek animal sacrifice by foremost experts in Greek language, literature and material culture. Readers will benefit from the synthesis of new evidence and approaches with a re-evaluation of twentieth-century theories on sacrifice. The chapters range across the whole of antiquity and go beyond the Greek world to consider possible influences in Hittite Anatolia and Egypt, while an introduction to the burgeoning science of osteo-archaeology is provided. The twentieth-century emphasis on sacrifice as part of the Classical Greek polis system is challenged through consideration of various ancient perspectives on sacrifice as distinct from specific political or even Greek contexts. Many previously unexplored topics are covered, particularly the type of animals sacrificed and the spectrum of sacrificial ritual, from libations to lasting memorials of the ritual in art.
Author : Matthew Dillon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1135099804
This volume explores the religious motivations for pilgrimage and reveals the main preoccupations of worshippers in Ancient Greece. Dillon examines the main sanctuaries of Delphi, Epidauros and Olympia, as well as the less well-known oracle of Didyma in Asia Minor and the festivals at the Isthmus of Corinth. He discusses the modes of travel to the sites, means of communication between pilgrims and the religious and ritual practices at the sanctuaries themselves. A unique insight into pilgrimage in Ancient Greece is presented, focusing on the diverse aspects of pilgrimage; the role of women and children, the religious festivals of particular ethnic groups and the colourful celebrations involving music, athletics and equestrian events. Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece is an accessible and fascinating volume, which reveals how the concept of pilgrimage contributes to Greek religion as a whole.
Author : Vincent Scully
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 29,87 MB
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1595341773
When The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods first appeared in 1962, it was hailed by the critics for it erudition, historical imagination and boldness. Subsequently, this comprehensive study of Greek temples and site-planning has been widely accepted as a landmark of architectural history, for it offers an inspired and arresting insight into nature and function of Greek sacred architecture. Vincent Scully, one of America's most brilliant and articulate scholars, understands the temples as physical embodiment of the gods in landscapes that had for the Greeks divine attributes and sacred connotations. He explores the meanings inherent in the calculated interaction between man-made sculptural forces and the natural landscape, and he relates this interaction to our understanding of Greek culture from the pre-Greek Aegean to the Hellenistic period. Years of research and travel were devoted to The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods. Scores of sites were restudied on the spot, including many lesser-known sanctuaries throughout the Hellenic world. The study includes reconstruction drawings, plans, and maps along with its richly illustrated, detailed discussions of major sites.
Author : James Whitley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 30,99 MB
Release : 2001-10-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521627337
A synthesis of research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods.
