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Votive reliefs /

"This volume includes all of the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman votive reliefs found to date in the excavations of the Athenian Agora. In addition to providing a catalogue of the reliefs arranged according to their subjects, the author treats the history of their discovery, their production...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lawton, Carol L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2017.
Series:Athenian Agora ; v. 38.
Subjects:
Agora (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Greece > Athens.
Relief (Sculpture), Classical > Greece > Athens.
Relief (Sculpture), Hellenistic > Greece > Athens.
Relief (Sculpture), Roman > Greece > Athens.
Shrines > Greece > Athens.
Votive offerings > Greece > Athens.
Athens (Greece) > Religious life and customs.
Social archaeology > Greece > Athens.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: History of excavation and contexts; history of scholarship; chronology; the deities, heroes, and their shrines; the dedicators; production; iconography; function; introduction to the catalogue
  • Catalogue: Deities (1/81)
  • Catalogue: Heroes and heroines (82/141)
  • Catalogue: Worshippers (142/185)
  • Catalogue: Anatomical votives (186/194)
  • Catalogue: Unfinished votive reliefs, reliefs of uncertain content (195/224)
  • Concordance of inventory and catalogue numbers
  • General index
  • Index of museums
  • Index of inscriptions
  • Index of ancient authors.