The Panathenaic Games (Paperback)
Proceedings of an International Conference held at the University of Athens, May 11-12, 2004
Pages: 176
Illustrations: 8p col pls
ISBN: 9781782979821
Published: 26th February 2015
Casemate UK Academic
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The papers in this volume were presented at an international conference organised in Athens (May 11-14, 2004) and focus on the study of the Panathenaic Games, a Panhellenic athletic event that lasted for nearly a millennium. An international assembly of archaeologists, art historians, ancient historians, epigraphists and classical scholars contributed to the discussion of the origins and the historical development of the Panathenaic Games in general and of individual contests in particular. The role of royal and other patrons in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, as well as the form and meaning of victory dedications and other monuments generated by the games were also examined, making this a truly interdisciplinary study into this fascinating event. Two papers are in Greek.