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Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides

Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides

by Jane Ellen Harrison

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Author
Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928
Original Publication
Cambridge: University Press, 1906.
Credits
deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DF: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Greece
Subject
Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 73789
Release Date
June 7, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTORY.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE ANCIENT CITY, ITS CHARACTER AND LIMITS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE SANCTUARIES IN THE CITADEL. — 1. The hero-tomb of Kekrops. — 2. The Pandroseion.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE SANCTUARIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITADEL.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE SPRING KALLIRRHOË-ENNEAKROUNOS ‘NEAR’ THE CITADEL.
  9. 9.CONCLUSION. — 1. The lie of the modern town. — 2. A misunderstanding of the text of Thucydides. — 3. The duplication of certain sanctuaries. — 4. Confusion as to Kallirrhoë and Enneakrounos.
  10. 10.FOOTNOTES
  11. 11.CRITICAL NOTE
  12. 12.BIBLIOGRAPHY. — Thucydides , II. 15, discussion of. — Pausanias , Commentaries on. — Official Reports of Excavations by the German Archaeological Institute at Athens published in— — (1) Mittheilungen des K. Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts in Athen. — (2) Antike Denkmäler d. K. Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Berlin. (Official plans of Excavations with Text.) Ausgrabungen in Athen, 1899-1901, II., Pl. 37, 38. — (3) Jahrbuch d. K. D. Arch. Inst. — Topography of Athens: — General. — Pan’s Cave. — Pelargikon. — Enneakrounos.
  13. 13.INDEX. — CLASSICAL AUTHORS.

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