Archaeology of Athens Camp John McK. IIPaperback
The definitive work on the monuments of ancient Athens and AtticaIn this book, a leading authority on the archaeology of ancient Greece presents a survey of the monuments--first chronologically and…
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The definitive work on the monuments of ancient Athens and AtticaIn this book, a leading authority on the archaeology of ancient Greece presents a survey of the monuments--first chronologically and then site by site.John M. Camp begins with a comprehensive narrative history of the monuments from the earliest times to the sixth century A.D. Drawing on literary and epigraphic evidence, including Plutarch's biographies, Pausanias's guidebook, and thousands of inscriptions, he discusses who built a given structure, when, and why. Camp presents dozens of passages in translation, allowing the reader easy access to the variety and richness of the ancient sources. In effect, this main part of the book provides an engrossing history of ancient Athens as recorded in its archaeological remains. The second section of the book offers in-depth discussions of individual sites in