Cities Called Athens: Studies Honoring John McK. Camp II

By Kathleen Lynch and Edward Carvalho

Book Overview

The fourteen essays in this volume share new and evolving knowledge, theories, and observations about the city of Athens or the region of Attica. The contents include essays on topography, architecture, religion and cult, sculpture, ceramic studies, iconography, epigraphy, trade, and drama. This volume is dedicated to John McK. Camp II, to acknowledge the extraordinary impact he has had on the field of Greek archaeology through his work in the Athenian Agora, as a scholar of ancient Greece, and as Mellon Professor at the American School of Classical Studies. The contributors' work represents current research by the latest generation of scholars with ties to Athens. All of the contributors were students of Professor Camp in Greece, and their essays are dedicated to him in gratitude for his profound influence on their lives and careers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161148619X
• ISBN13: 9781611486193
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 485 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"