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    The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion / by Barbara A. Barletta ; with architectural analysis by William B. Dinsmoor Jr. and observations by Homer A. Thompson.

    • Title:The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion / by Barbara A. Barletta ; with architectural analysis by William B. Dinsmoor Jr. and observations by Homer A. Thompson.
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    • Author/Creator:Barletta, Barbara A., author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Dinsmoor, William B., 1923-1988, contributor.
      Thompson, Homer A., contributor.
    • Published/Created:Princeton : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, [2017]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Sanctuary of Athena Sounias (Greece)
      Temples--Greece--Soúnio Cape.
      Soúnio Cape (Greece)--Antiquities.
      Soúnio Cape (Greece)--Buildings, structures, etc.
    • Description:xviii, 342 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 30 cm
    • Series:Ancient art and architecture in context ; 4.
    • Summary:The Temple of Athena at Sounion is one of the more unusual examples of Greek architecture. It was constructed with colonnades on only two - but adjacent - sides, and in the Ionic order characteristic of the Aegean Islands even though it was built in Attica. When the temple was excavated at the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, little was found on site. Instead, subsequent excavations in the Athenian Agora recovered many of the missing building members, which had been reused in a Roman-period temple. A new study of the temple, including the material from Athens, was initiated by H.A. Thompson and W.B. Dinsmoor Jr. but was never completed. The current book builds on their work to provide for the first time a comprehensive view of the temple and its sanctuary.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780876619674 hardcover alkaline paper
      0876619677 hardcover alkaline paper
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: Site of Sounion
      Approach and Outline of Chapters
      One. Investigations in the Sanctuary of Athena
      Greek Excavations at Sounion
      Remains from the Athena Temple in the Athenian Agora
      American Investigations of the Sanctuary of Athena
      Conclusions
      Two. Small Temple in the Sanctuary of Athena
      Location
      Plan
      Elevation
      Chronology
      Statue Base
      Dedication of the Small Temple
      Altar of the Small Temple
      Conclusions
      Three. Temple of Athena: Description and Reconstruction
      Materials
      Remains in Situ
      Plan
      Elevation
      Sekos Elevation
      Conclusions
      Four. Temple of Athena in Context
      Materials
      Parallels for the Plan
      Parallels for the Elevation
      Conclusions
      Five. Afterlife of the Temple of Athena
      End of Use
      Reutilization in the Athenian Agora
      Reuse of Other Structures in the Athenian Agora
      Reuse of Earlier Material in Antiquity
      Recycling in Postclassical Times
      Role of the Temple of Athena Sounias and Other Recycled Buildings in the Agora
      Conclusions
      Six. Conclusions
      Architectural Context of the Temple of Athena
      Importance of the Temple of Athena
      Later History of the Temple of Athena
      Catalogue of Architectural Finds.
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