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Gina Salapata - Heroic Offerings: The Terracotta Plaques from the Spartan Sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra - 9780472119165 - V9780472119165
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Heroic Offerings: The Terracotta Plaques from the Spartan Sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra

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Description for Heroic Offerings: The Terracotta Plaques from the Spartan Sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra Hardcover. The first in-depth study of the terracotta plaques from the sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra at Amyklai Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 907.

Heroic Offerings sheds light on the study of religion in Sparta, one of Greece’s most powerful city-states and the long-term rival of Athens. Sparta’s history is well known, but its archaeology has been much less satisfactorily explored. Through the comprehensive study of a distinctive class of terracotta votive offerings from a specific sanctuary, Gina Salapata explores both coroplastic art and regional religion. By integrating archaeological, historical, literary, and epigraphic sources, she provides important insights into the heroic cults of Lakonia and contributes to an understanding of the political and social functions of local ritual practice.

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Heroic Offerings will be of interest to students and scholars of Greek history, art, and archaeology, to those interested in ancient religious practice in the Mediterranean, and to all inspired by Athens’ chief political rival, Sparta.

This volume received financial support from the Archaeological Institute of America.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472119165
SKU
V9780472119165
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Gina Salapata
Gina Salapata is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, Massey University, the University of New Zealand.

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