Descript |
xxiii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Content |
text |
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still image |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Contents |
The Sacred Rock : myth and the power of place -- Before the Parthenon : gods, monsters, and the cosmos -- Periklean Pomp : The Parthenon moment and its passing -- The Ultimate Sacrifice : Founding father, mother, daughters -- The Parthenon Frieze : The key to the temple -- Why the Parthenon : War, death, and remembrance in the shaping of sacred space -- The Panathenaia : The performance of belonging and the death of the maiden -- The Well-scrubbed Legacy : The sincerest of flattery and the limits of acquired identity. |
ISBN |
9780307476593 |
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0307476596 |
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