The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The Predecessors - Hardcover

Dinsmoor, William B.

 
9780876619407: The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The Predecessors
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0876619405 ISBN 13: 9780876619407
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1980

Synopsis

The famous monumental gateway to the Akropolis is a successor to a Mycenaean building. But what did this Bronze Age gateway, in use up to the 5th century B.C., look like, and what did the architect Mnesikles tear down before he started his construction? This detailed architectural study explores these problems, and reveals the existence of an earlier theatral area for viewing the Panathenaic procession, and some half-built trial runs, below the current Propylon.

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Review

"This is a first class monograph; it deals with its subject intelligently and economically; the evidence is presented with clarity and precision; argument is cogent; the illustrations, particularly the drawings by the author, are exemplary; and the book is well produced." C. W. J. Eliot, Phoenix 36 (1982), pp. 184-185.

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Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Publication date
1980
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0876619405
ISBN 13 
9780876619407
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
87