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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barletta, Barbara A., author.

Contributor:

Dinsmoor, William B., 1923-1988.

Thompson, Homer A.

Series:

Ancient art and architecture in context ; 4.

Ancient Art and Architecture in Context ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sanctuary of Athena Sounias (Greece).

Temples--Greece--Soúnio Cape.

Temples.

Soúnio Cape (Greece)--Antiquities.

Soúnio Cape (Greece).

Buildings--Greece--Soúnio Cape.

Buildings.

Greece--Soúnio Cape.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

342 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2014.

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.

Contents:

Investigations in the Sanctuary of Athena

The Small Temple in the Sanctuary of Athena

The Temple of Athena : Description and Reconstruction

The Temple of Athena in Context

Afterlife of the Temple of Athena.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780876619674

0876619677

OCLC:

880557495