Athens, Attica and the Megarid. An Archaeological Guide

417 Pages·2008·37.04 MB·English

by  Hans Rupprecht Goette

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First edition (German language) published
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Revised and updated English edition published 2001 by Routledge
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[Athens, Attika, Megaris. English]
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Athens, Attica, and the Megarid: an archaeological guide/
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Hans Rupprecht Goette.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
38 1. Athens (Greece)—Antiquities—Guidebooks. 2. Attika
39 (Greece)—Antiquities—Guidebooks. 3. Megara (Greece)—
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16 Foreword xv
17 Information for the reader xvi
18 1 Athens and Piraeus 1
19 1 Athens: a historical overview 1
20 2 The Acropolis 5
21 3 The slopes of the Acropolis and the Peripatos 47
22 4 The Areopagos, the Hill of the Nymphs, the Mouseion Hill
23 with the Pnyx, the Philopappos Monument and the
24 Kerameikos 55
25 5 The Greek Agora, the Roman Market, the Library of Hadrian
26 and Monastiraki 69
27 6 Plaka, Olympieion, Ilissos Area, the First Cemetery and the
28 Stadium of Herodes Atticus 93
29 7 The National Garden, main boulevards, National Museum,
30 Lykabettos, Tourkovounia and the Academy at Kolonos
31 Hippios 106
32 8 Piraeus and Daphni 140
33 9 Kaisariani and the monasteries and quarries on Hymettos 151
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35 2 Attica I: From Athens to Sounion and in
36 the Mesogeia 185
37 1 Glyphada, Voula, Vouliagmeni, Vari and the south-west
38 Attic coastal sites 185
39 2 From Anavyssos to Sounion 199
40 3 Lavrion, Thorikos, Porto Raphti and Brauron 209
41 4 The Mesogeia: Loutsa, Raphina, Spata, Markopoulo,
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2 Attica 238
3 1 The plain of Marathon and the Battle of Marathon 490 BC 238
4 2 The Marathon Area 240
5 3 Rhamnous 245
6 4 The Amphiareion of Oropos and Avlona 249
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10 1 Pentelikon and Dionysos 256
11 2 Parnes with Phyle and Menidi 265
12 3 Eleusis 270
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18 2 Alepochori and Vathichoria in the Megarian hinterland 312
19 3 The Attic border forts: Aigosthenai, Eleutherai and Oinoe 314
20 4 The Isthmus of Corinth and the Diolkos 322
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24 Aigina and Poros 327
25 1 Salamis 327
26 2 Aigina 331
27 3 Poros 348
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30 1 The geography of Attica 353
31 2 The modern structure: administration and economy 354
32 3 The flora 355
33 4 The fauna 357
34 5 Some basic concepts of ancient architecture: Glossary 359
35 6 Observations on Byzantine church building in Greece 363
36 (a) The Early Christian period (306–527) 363
37 (b) The Early Byzantine period (527–843) 365
38 (c) The Middle Byzantine period (843–1204) 366
39 (d) The Late Byzantine period (1204–1460) 370
40 (e) The post-Byzantine period (1460–1830) 371
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5 The Acropolis of Athens shortly before 480 BC 8
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7 Athens, Acropolis: Propylaea from the south, c. 1820 16
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26 9 Athens, Acropolis: Temple of Athena Nike with altar 22
27 10 Athens, Acropolis: Erechtheion 26
28 11 The temples of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens 30
29 12 Athens, Acropolis: Old Parthenon and Parthenon 31
30 13 Methods of lifting architectural members during construction
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15 Athens, Acropolis: Parthenon, the pedimental sculptures 37
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38 18 Athens, the ancient city and its hills 56
39 19 Athens, Kerameikos 60
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