The Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus: Studies on a Thessalian Country Shrine
Contents -- List of Plates, Tables, and Charts -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Other Prefatory Matters -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Geography and Landscape (Plates I-V, VII-X) -- 1 Overview of the Pharsalian Territory -- 2 The Pharsalian Hill Country: Anatomy of a Borderland -- Chapter 2 Th...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden
BRILL
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series/Journal: | Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy Ser
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| Further subjects: | B
Thessaly (Greece)--Antiquities
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: S. Wagman, Robert: The Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus : Studies on a Thessalian Country Shrine. - Leiden : BRILL,c2015. - 9789004297616 |
| Summary: | Contents -- List of Plates, Tables, and Charts -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Other Prefatory Matters -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Geography and Landscape (Plates I-V, VII-X) -- 1 Overview of the Pharsalian Territory -- 2 The Pharsalian Hill Country: Anatomy of a Borderland -- Chapter 2 The Site (Plates VI, VIII-XXII) -- 1 Description -- 1.1 Approach -- 1.2 The Site (Lower Level) -- 1.3 The Site (Upper Level) -- 2 Interpretation -- 2.1 Approach -- 2.2 The Sacred Garden -- 2.3 The Stairway -- 2.4 The Forecourt and Its Structures -- 2.5 The Roof -- 2.6 The Cave -- 3 Conclusions -- Chapter 3 The Votives (Plates XXV-XXXV) -- 1 Discovery -- 2 Excavations -- 3 Catalog of Objects -- 4 Appendix: Unpublished Objects -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Charts -- Chapter 4 The Inscriptions (Plates XXIII-XXIV) -- 1 Inscription I -- 1.1 Epigraphical Overview -- 1.2 Text and Translation -- 1.3 Metrical Conspectus -- 1.4 Commentary -- 1.5 Conclusions -- 2 Inscription II -- 2.1 Epigraphical Overview -- 2.2 Text and Translation -- 2.3 Metrical and Stylistic Conspectus -- 2.4 Commentary -- 2.5 Conclusions (Pantalces: Construction of a Cult Founder) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Index of Sources -- Index of Names -- Index of Geographical Names -- Plates. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (180 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-29762-3 |
