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Knossos : myth, history and archaeology / James Whitley.
Penn Museum Library DF221.C8 W53 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitley, James, author.
- Series:
- Archaeological histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knossos (Extinct city)--Antiquities.
- Knossos (Extinct city).
- Antiquities.
- Greece--Knossos (Extinct city).
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 225 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Knossos is one of the most important sites in the ancient Mediterranean. It remained amongst the largest settlements on the island of Crete from the Neolithic until the late Roman times, but aside from its size it held a place of particular significance in the mythological imagination of Greece and Rome as the seat of King Minos, the location of the Labyrinth and the home of the Minotaur"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Legends and labyrinths
- Inventing the Minoans : Arthur Evans and after
- From village to palace : neolithic and early Bronze Age Knossos
- Palatial Knossos : the Palace of Minos?
- After the palace : from the Iron Age to the Romans
- Knossos yesterday and today.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Whitley, James. Knossos
- ISBN:
- 9781472527257
- 1472527259
- 9781472532848
- 1472532848
- OCLC:
- 1381933186
- Publisher Number:
- 99995197815
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