Samothrace, Volume 5: The Temenos (Two Volumes, Plates and Text)

by Karl Lehmann, Denys Spittle, Karl Lehmann

An open precinct located in the center of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, the Temenos appears to have been the site of ceremonies performed during the annual Samothracian festival. The present work comprises two parts. Part One contains the text and covers the history of the excavation, the description and reconstruction of the Temenos and its Propylon, the structure and style of the building and its sculptures, and the history of this area of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691099170
• ISBN13: 9780691099170
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 530 Pages
• Weight: 6.50 lbs.