the archaeology of athens nov 2001

[...]... array of scholars devoted to the antiquities of Athens Among these groups, though not limited to them, one thinks of the team at work restoring the Acropolis monuments, the staff of the first, second, and third Ephoreias of Classical Antiquities, members of the Archaeological Society, the faculty of the University of Athens, the German excavators of the Kerameikos, and the American excavators of the. .. in these early legends which permits us to regard them with some confidence as part of the history of the city In addition to Kekrops, Athenian legend preserves the names of two other significant early Athenian kings: Erechtheus and Theseus Erechtheus is one of the earliest legendary kings of Athens and was regarded as the founder of the Panathenaic festival A warrior king, he fought King Eumolpos of. .. was occupied by the largest temple of Athens, the Olympieion, which was dedicated to Zeus Individual monuments have been excavated elsewhere, but for the most part the rest of ancient Athens lies buried under the modern town Outside the city walls were the three great gymnasia of Athens: the Academy, the Lyceum, and Kynosarges The port of Athens, Peiraieus, lies 7 kilometers away toward the west, a low... no means the only, cemetery of the city Moving counter-clockwise within the city walls, we next encounter the ridge west of the Acropolis which carried the Pnyx (see figs 127, 148), the great theatral area cut from the rock to serve as the meeting place of all the Athenians when they gathered in the assembly (ekklesia) East of the Pnyx a rocky outrunner of the Acropolis rises up Here was the original... fig 260) These sheltered the great Athenian f leet, as well as providing space for the huge volume of sea trade Just beyond the Peiraieus lies the island of Salamis, an Athenian dependency for much of antiquity Opposite 5 Athens and the Peiraieus, seen from the southwest, with the long walls connecting them In the center is the Kephisos River, which is joined by the Eridanos River from Athens; the Ilissos... favorite bird, the owl, were used in later times to decorate the coinage of the city LATE BRONZE AGE The succeeding period, known as the Late Bronze Age (1600 –1100), is the great age of Greek myth and legend, the Heroic Age To this period the Classical Greeks assigned the Labors of Herakles, the Trojan War, the voyage of the Argo, the story of Oedipus, and the expedition of the Seven against Thebes, to... comprises the Acropolis, a steep-sided, freestanding crag which became the citadel and primary sanctuary of the Classical city The ridge ends at the southwest in two hills west of the Acropolis, the Mouseion (modern Philopappos Hill) and the Hill of the Nymphs, with the Pnyx lying between them It also continues northeast of the Acropolis, for the most part lying outside the limits of the ancient city; the. .. it took the sacrifice of one of his daughters to ensure success Euripides’ play Erechtheus has Athena herself foretelling the construction of a temple in his honor Late Bronze Age 15 10 Athenian red-figure cup by the Codrus Painter, 5th century b.c., showing the labors of Theseus: the Minotaur is in the center Theseus, a generation or so later than Erechtheus, was the son of the king of Athens, [To... presented Athens monument by monument ( J Travlos, Pictorial Dictionary of Athens [1971]) or in topographical order (I T Hill, The Ancient City of Athens [1953]; W Judeich, Topographie von Athen [1931]; R E Wycherley, The Stones of Athens [1976]) For a change, therefore, I offer in Part I a descriptive narrative of the monuments in their historical context, an account which makes up the larger part of this... Ilissos winds along the foot of Mount Hymettos to the southeast of Athens Between them, the Eridanos rises on the slopes of Lykabettos Hill and f lows north of the Acropolis, passing through the Agora It continues northwestward, exiting the city through the Sacred Gate, and disappears underground several hundred meters farther on, at the edge of the present German excavations of the Kerameikos From that . Ephoreias of Classical Antiquities, members of the Archaeological Society, the faculty of the Univer- sity of Athens, the German excavators of the Kerameikos, and the American excavators of the Agora the most part the rest of ancient Athens lies buried under the modern town. Outside the city walls were the three great gymnasia of Athens: the Academy, the Lyceum, and Kynosarges. The port of. Phaleron. To the south, the Ilissos winds along the foot of Mount Hymettos to the southeast of Athens. Between them, the Eridanos rises on the slopes of Lykabettos Hill and f lows north of the Acropolis,