Leake William Martin, William Martin Leake

The Topography of Athens

With Some Remarks on Its Antiquities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering historical reconstruction of the main buildings and landmarks of ancient Athens, first published in 1821.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 596
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9781108017626
• ISBN-10: 1108017622
• Artikelnr.: 30366903

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. The description of Athens by Pausanias; 2. Of the
positions and existing monuments of ancient Athens, concerning the identity
of which there can be little or no doubt; 3. Of Mounts Anchesmus and
Lycabettus. Of Dipylum and the Peiraic Gate; 4. First part of the route of
Pausanias. From the Stoa Basileius to Enneacrunnus; 5. Second part of the
route of Pausanius. From the Stoa Basileius to Prytaneium; 6. Third part of
the route of Pausanius. From the Prytaneium to the Stadium; 7. Fourth part
of the route of Pausanius. From the Prytaneium to the Propylaea of the
Acropolis; 8. Fifth and last part of the description of Pausanius. The
Acropolis, Areiopagus, and Academy; 9. Of Peiraeeus, Munychia, and
Phalerum. Of the Long Walls, and other fortifications of the city.