The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia. The Buildings and Their Contents.
. Ed(S): Blegen, Carl William; Rawson, Marion
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Hardback. Editor(s): Blegen, Carl William; Rawson, Marion. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AMC; AMX; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1371.
Homer's King Nestor of "sandy Pylas" passes from legend into history in this first volume of the report of excavations on a hill called Englianos in Messenia, conducted by the Archaeological Expedition of the University of Cincinnati. The palace with its contents and the surrounding lower town indicate that this was an administrative center and the capital of a prosperous Mycenaean kingdom. The name Pylos appears on more than fifty tablets, and there can be no doubt that this was the Messenian abode of the Nestor of Greek tradition. Destroyed by fire at the end of the 13th century B.C., ... Read more
Homer's King Nestor of "sandy Pylas" passes from legend into history in this first volume of the report of excavations on a hill called Englianos in Messenia, conducted by the Archaeological Expedition of the University of Cincinnati. The palace with its contents and the surrounding lower town indicate that this was an administrative center and the capital of a prosperous Mycenaean kingdom. The name Pylos appears on more than fifty tablets, and there can be no doubt that this was the Messenian abode of the Nestor of Greek tradition. Destroyed by fire at the end of the 13th century B.C., ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691650265
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V9780691650265
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