Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (232 p.)
ISBN:
9780520310919
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0520310918
Serie:
UC Press voices revived
Inhalt:
In classical antiquity, beginning in 573 B.C., Nemea hosted international athletic competitions like those at Olympia, Delphi, and Isthmia; the games at the four sites constituted the Panhellenic cycle, and the victors were the most famous athletes of antiquity. Nemea was never a city-state but served as a religious and athletic festival center where the Greek world assembled every two years under a flag of truce. Since 1974, excavations sponsored by the Unive
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TO THE READER -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HISTORY OF THE EXCAVATIONS -- III. THE MUSEUM -- IV. THE SANCTUARY OF ZEUS -- V. THE STADIUM -- EPILOGUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520357426
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Miller, Stephen G Nemea Berkeley : University of California Press,c2022 ISBN 9780520357426
Sprache:
Englisch
