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Excavations at Nemea III

The Coins

By: Darice Elizabeth Birge,Robert C. Knapp,John D. Mac Isaac

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Excavations at Nemea III

The Coins

By: Darice Elizabeth Birge,Robert C. Knapp,John D. Mac Isaac

Annotation The authors describe Nemea, one of the five Greek sites of ancient athletic games, and examine in great detail the coins discovered there, from the classical period to the Early Christian period and after.

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Univ of California Press

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0520231694

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9780520231696

Excavations at Nemea

By: Darice Elizabeth Birge,Lynn Harriett Kraynak

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Excavations at Nemea

By: Darice Elizabeth Birge,Lynn Harriett Kraynak

This is the first of the final reports on the excavations by the University of California at Nemea in the 1970's and 1980's. It contains the topographical and architectural studies: the Sacred Square (D Birge); the Xenon (L H Kraynak); and the Bath (S G Miller) . Includes a catalogue of the artifacts found.

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0520070275

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9780520070271

Excavations at Nemea: The early Hellenistic Stadium

By: Darice Elizabeth Birge,Stephen Gaylord Miller

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Excavations at Nemea: The early Hellenistic Stadium

By: Darice Elizabeth Birge,Stephen Gaylord Miller

Since 1974, under the direction of Stephen G. Miller, the Classics Department of the University of California, Berkeley, has been excavating at Nemea, one of four sites in Greece of ancient athletic games and festivals. This second volume in theExcavations at Nemeaseries presents the Early Hellenistic stadium, used to celebrate the games from around 330 to 271 b.c. The presentation of remains includes findings on related structures--the entrance tunnel, with its ancient graffiti, and the Apodyterion, or undressing room, used by the athletes who competed--as well as on the track, the hydraulic system, the seating for judges and spectators, the starting line, the starting mechanism, and the turning post for foot races. All the structures and artifacts are set into the broader context of other contemporaneous stadia. The contributing authors provide insight into the Games at Nemea by analyzing the coins found at the site and relating them to the makeup of the crowds and by giving a human dimension to the Games by focusing on an inscription honoring the death of a Lydian there. The architectural remains at Nemea give a "stop action" picture of the stadium and the activities associated with it at the beginning of the Hellenistic era. They represent evidence of an entertainment industry that began to develop, in both theatrical performances and athletic contests, in the time of Alexander the Great--one that set apart professional performers from citizen spectators, a separation that also reflected changes in Hellenistic education and society.

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Univ of California Press

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0520216776

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9780520216778

Excavations at Nemea

By: Darice Elizabeth Birge,Lynn Harriett Kraynak

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