Dogs in the Athenian Agora

by Colin M Whiting and Colin M. Whiting

In this book, readers are shown how dogs fit into ancient Greek society with material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Topics range from how ancient Greeks hunted with dogs and what they considered a proper dog's name to the excavation of tender burials in the Agora and the sacrifice of dogs to the gods of the underworld. Mythological dogs like the three-headed Kerberos...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876616465
• ISBN13: 9780876616468
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athen
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.3"