Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World
Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World

Author: Waldemar Heckel

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Published: 2010-10-30

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1554586992

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Through the ages, coins have been more than a common standard or a means of exchange between peoples for goods and services. The development of coinage gave men freedom to move beyond their communities, served as a propaganda tool for advancing armies and visually showed people the source of politics which governed their lives. Today, these same bits of metal, these ancient video disks, transmit through time information that might otherwise be lost to us. This volume comprises a selection of papers given at a conference held at the Nickle Museum of The University of Calgary, Alberta, by perhaps the most distinguished gathering of numismatists ever to assemble in North America. Topics include specific coins of the Graeco–Roman world as well as discussions on coinage and propaganda, art, architecture, and archaeology. Archaeologists, historians, coin collectors, students of the Classics, in fact, anyone who is interested in art and life as it existed in ancient times will be captivated by this collection.

Samothracian Reflections
Samothracian Reflections

Author: Karl Lehmann

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1400886376

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These three essays were inspired by the Samothracian discoveries. Cyriacus of Ancona's visit to the island and his assessment of what he saw are the subject of the opening essay. This is followed by the first detailed and comprehensive analysis of Mantegna’s Parnassus, a painting which Mrs. Lehmann suggests reflects in its theme and imagery the use of a limited number of ancient sculptures and texts. The final essay is a discussion of the postclassical transformation of the iconographic type of the ancient ship-fountain. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Greek Sanctuaries
Greek Sanctuaries

Author: Robin Hagg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1134801688

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Theoroi and Initiates in Samothrace
Theoroi and Initiates in Samothrace

Author: Nora Mitkova Dimitrova

Publisher: ASCSA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 087661537X

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As one of the most famous religious centers in the Aegean, the island of Samothrace was visited by thousands of worshippers between the 7th century B.C. and the 4th century A.D. All known inscriptions listing or mentioning Samothracian initiates and theoroi (a total of 169 texts) are presented, including a number of previously unpublished fragments.