| Pots and Pans of Classical Athens Contributor(s): Sparkes, Brian A. (Author), Talcott, Lucy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0876616015 ISBN-13: 9780876616017 Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athen OUR PRICE: $4.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1959 Annotation: By mingling images on well-preserved Greek vases with the more fragmentary ceramics recovered during excavations at the Agora, the authors show how different vessel forms were used in classical Athens. By linking the shapes of pots with their social functions, this book gives meaning to the ancient names, such as skyphos, olpe, kantharos, lekane, and hydria, that one encounters when visiting museums. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Series: Excavations of the Athenian Agora: Picture Book |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 6.57" W x 8.54" (0.13 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
