Agora Publication: Agora XIV
Title:   The Agora of Athens: The History, Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Center
Author:   Thompson, H. A.
    Wycherley, R. E.
Abstract:   The subtitle, The History, Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Center, suggests the general character of this volume, which provides an overview of the area that served as the civic center of Athens from about 600 B.C. to A.D. 267. After a general resumé of the historical development of the Agora, the monuments are treated in detail, grouped by their use and purpose. Each monument is discussed in the light of both the literary and the archaeological evidence for its identification and its restoration. In the light of the topographical conclusions the route of Pausanias is traced. A chapter “After the Heruli” follows the fortunes of the area from A.D. 267 till the 19th century; the last century is treated in the detailed report of “The Excavations” up to 1971. This is a definitive survey of the historical and topographical results of 40 years of American excavations.
Series Title:   The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Publication Place:   Princeton
Publisher:   American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Volume:   14
Date:   1972
Page:   ii-v+vii-xxiii+1-257
ISBN:   978-0-87661-214-9
Jstor:   http://www.jstor.org/stable/3601980
Google:   http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780876612149
DOI:   10.2307_3601980
    10.2307_3601981
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