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Aniconism in Greek antiquity / Milette Gaifman.
LIBRA BL783 .G35 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaifman, Milette, 1971-
- Series:
- Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--Religion.
- Greece.
- Religion.
- Idols and images--Greece.
- Idols and images.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-345) and index.
- What is Greek aniconism? -- Pausanias' aniconica -- Greek views of aniconism : the "primitive" within -- Rough rocks -- Standing stelai -- The aniconic depicted : stelai on classical vases -- Apollo's pointed column and the Dioskouroi's parallel beams.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199645787
- OCLC:
- 774494422
- Publisher Number:
- 99949644785
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