Authors:D. A. Amyx, Patricia Lawrence,
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies
Keywords: hesperia, supplement, painting, vase, archaic, corinthian, studies
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 1996-11-21
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0876615280
ISBN-13: 9780876615287

Two important contributions to Greek pottery studies. Aftermath, by D. A. Amyx, is a catalogue of material supplementing his work in Corinth VII.2 but found after the cutoff of 1969 or omitted for some other reason. This article and Corinth VII.2 together stand as a full compilation of painters at present represented in the collection of the Corinth Excavations. The Chimaera Group at Corinth and Dodwellians in the Potters’ Quarter are both by Patricia Lawrence. The first is a thoughtful analysis of this group of painters, based on a close examination of material found in the excavations

Authors:John L. Caskey, E. T. Blackburn,
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies
Keywords: guides, argolid, lerna
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1978-11-21
List price: $4.00
ISBN-10: 0876616805
ISBN-13: 9780876616802

Situated on the shores of the Argolic Gulf, only a few miles away from the much later prehistoric sites of Mycenae, Tiryns and Midea, Lerna is one of the key building blocks in our understanding of Greek archaeology. The first evidence from the site is Neolithic, and the latest settlement evidence is Mycenaean. However the most important material from the site comes from the middle of the 3rd Millennium BC when a remarkable large, rectangular building known as ’The House of the Tiles’ was built. Possibly never finished, with unpainted walls and doors that lead nowhere, the purpose

Authors:John H. Kroll, Alan S. Walker,
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies
Keywords: vol, agora, athenian, coins, greek
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 1993-11-21
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0876612265
ISBN-13: 9780876612262

This volume catalogues over 16,577 identifiable Greek coins produced by the excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens between 1931 and 1990. The majority of the coins found and catalogued are Athenian bronze, from the 4th century B.C. through the 3rd century A.D. Included as well are the Athenian silver and the hundreds of non-Athenian gold, silver, and bronze coins that made their way into the Agora in antiquity Considerable attention is paid to the archaeological context of the coins and to presenting a pictorial record of the Greek coinage from the Agora, with more t

Authors:Agnes N. Stillwell, J. L. Benson,
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies
Keywords: series, vol, corinth, pottery, quarter, potters
Number of Pages: 447
Published: 1984-11-21
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0876611536
ISBN-13: 9780876611531

The long-awaited final part of the publication of the Corinth Potters’ Quarter is based on the work of the excavator, A. N. Stillwell, edited and supplemented after her death by J. L. Benson. The pottery, although frequently fragmentary, can often be assigned to known painters or workshops, and the deposits, especially in view of the defective pieces in them, can be argued to contain material almost exclusively of local manufacture. A brief introduction serves to explain the organization of the catalogue and to characterize the principal deposits, most of which contained material from se

Author: Mabel Lang
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies
Keywords: agora, book, picture, socrates
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1978-11-21
List price: $3.00
ISBN-10: 0876616171
ISBN-13: 9780876616178

As far as we know, the 5th Century BC Greek philosopher Socrates himself wrote nothing. We discover his thoughts and deeds entirely through the writings of his followers; disciples who accompanied him on his walks through the Athenian Agora or engaged in dialogue with him in the Stoa Baileios. Rather than examining his ideas in abstract, this stimulating little book aims to place Socrates in his physical setting, using textual references to follow his progress through the material remains still visible. The author not only sheds new light on the great philosopher’s life, but also provide

Author: James C. Wright
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies
Keywords: hesperia, feast, mycenaean
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 2004-12-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0876619510
ISBN-13: 9780876619513

The large-scale, formal consumption of huge quantities of food and drink is a feature of many societies, but extracting evidence for feasting from the archaeological record has, until recently, been problematic. Now new techniques of scientific analysis are being combined with greater theoretical sophistication to shed exciting new light on this conspicuous social practice. This collection of essays, also published as a special issue (73.2) of the journal Hesperia (ISSN 0018-098X), investigates the rich evidence for the character of the Mycenaean feast. While much of the evidence discussed com

Author: John McK. Camp II
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies
Keywords: agora, picture, book, excavations, guide, short, athenian
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2003-11-21
List price: $4.95
ISBN-10: 0876616430
ISBN-13: 9780876616437

This colorful overview is intended primarily for visitors to the site, but also provides a useful introduction to the visible remains. After a brief history of the Agora, the principal monuments are described, and then the reader is taken on a counterclockwise tour around the site. The author is the current Director of Excavations at the Athenian Agora, and this guide therefore presents the most up-to-date information available.