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Heroic offerings : the terracotta plaques from the Spartan sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra /

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Heroic Offerings sheds light on the study of religion in Sparta, one of Greece's most powerful city-states and the long-term rival of Athens. Sparta's history is well known, but its archaeology has been much less satisfactorily explored. Through the comprehensive study of a distinctive cla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salapata, Gina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Sparta (Extinct city) > Religious life and customs.
Lakōnia (Greece) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Greece > Lakōnia.
Terra-cotta plaques > Greece > Lakōnia.
Terra-cotta sculpture, Greek > Greece > Lakōnia.
Sacred space > Greece > Lakōnia.
Hero worship > Greece > Lakōnia.
Votive offerings > Greece > Lakōnia.
Agamemnon, > King of Mycenae (Mythological character)
Cassandra > (Legendary character)
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
Table of Contents:
  • The Sanctuary at Agia Paraskevi, Amyklai
  • The Cult Recipients
  • The Terracotta Plaques : Life Cycle and Classification
  • Plaques with Seated Figures : Typological Analysis
  • Plaques with Seated Figures : Iconography
  • Plaques with Standing Figures, Riders, Warriors, Banqueters, and Miscellaneous Subjects
  • Votive Plaques and Hero Cult
  • Conclusion
  • Catalogue
  • Appendix 1: Findspots of Lakonian and Messenian Plaques
  • Appendix 2: Lakonian Stone Reliefs with Seated Figures.