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The Bridge of the Untiring Sea
Timothy(Ed) Gregory
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Paperback. Pindar's metaphor of the Isthmus as a bridge spanning two seas encapsulates the essence of the place and gives a fitting title for this volume of essays on the history and archaeology of the area. The Isthmus, best known for the panhellenic sanctuary of Poseidon, attracted travelers both before and after Pausanias's visit in the 2nd century A.D., b Editor(s): Gebhard, Elizabeth; Rotroff, Susan I.; Gregory, Timothy E. Num Pages: 400 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Pindar's metaphor of the Isthmus as a bridge spanning two seas encapsulates the essence of the place and gives a fitting title for this volume of 17 essays on the history and archaeology of the area. The Isthmus, best known for the panhellenic Sanctuary of Poseidon, attracted travelers both before and after Pausanias's visit in the 2nd century A.D., but only toward the end of the 19th century were the ruins investigated and, a half century later, finally systematically excavated. More recently, archaeologists have surveyed the territory beyond the sanctuary, compiling evidence for a varied picture of activity on the ... Read more
Pindar's metaphor of the Isthmus as a bridge spanning two seas encapsulates the essence of the place and gives a fitting title for this volume of 17 essays on the history and archaeology of the area. The Isthmus, best known for the panhellenic Sanctuary of Poseidon, attracted travelers both before and after Pausanias's visit in the 2nd century A.D., but only toward the end of the 19th century were the ruins investigated and, a half century later, finally systematically excavated. More recently, archaeologists have surveyed the territory beyond the sanctuary, compiling evidence for a varied picture of activity on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Princeton, United States
ISBN
9780876615485
SKU
V9780876615485
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About Timothy(Ed) Gregory
Elizabeth R. Gebhard is Professor Emerita of Classics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She directs the University of Chicago Excavations at Isthmia. Timothy E. Gregory is Professor of History at The Ohio State University. He directs the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia.
Reviews for The Bridge of the Untiring Sea
The scholarship and writing are exemplary throughout this well-illustrated volume ... The articles are aimed at scholars, but can offer the more general reader intriguing and authoritative glimpses into the material culture of Isthmia and a picture of the diverse results of archaeological exploration focused on a single region. Susan I. Rotroff, The Classical Outlook 92.1 (2017) pp.27-28. ... Read more