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The treasures of the Parthenon and Erechtheion

Author: Diane Harris
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Series: Oxford monographs on classical archaeology.
Edition/Format:  Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Furniture, armour, jewellery, musical instruments, bronze, silver, and gold vases, and other priceless offerings all accumulated in the Parthenon and Erechtheion on the Athenian Acropolis during the classical period. Annual inventories of these precious objects were inscribed by the Athenians on marble tablets from 434 to 300 BC. The two hundred fragments of these stelai which have survived are the only evidence for
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Genre/Form: Catalogues
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Diane Harris
ISBN: 0198149409 9780198149408
OCLC Number: 32051963
Description: xiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: I. The Historical Context of the Treasures --
II. The Treasures of the Opisthodomos --
III. The Treasures of the Proneos --
IV. The Treasures of the Parthenon --
V. The Treasures of the Hekatompedon --
VI. The Treasures of the Erechtheion --
VII. The Treasures and the Worshippers --
App. I. Personal Names Associated with Objects in the Inventories --
App. II. Civic Dedications in the Inventories --
App. III. The Inventories in Chronological Order --
App. IV. Primary Sources for the Opisthodomos --
App. V. Primary Sources for the Erechtheion --
App. VI. Primary Sources for the Parthenon --
App. VII. Primary Sources for the Panathenaic Festival --
App. VIII. References to the Chryselephantine Statue in the Inventories --
App. IX The Doors and Keys to the Temples on the Akropolis --
App. X Broken or Damaged Items in the Parthenon and Erechtheion --
App. XI The Standard Weight Used in Making Gold and Silver Vases --
App. XII The Golden Nikai Revisited.
Series Title: Oxford monographs on classical archaeology.
Responsibility: Diane Harris.
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Furniture, armour, jewellery, musical instruments, bronze, silver, and gold vases, and other priceless offerings all accumulated in the Parthenon and Erechtheion on the Athenian Acropolis during the classical period. Annual inventories of these precious objects were inscribed by the Athenians on marble tablets from 434 to 300 BC. The two hundred fragments of these stelai which have survived are the only evidence for these cult objects, gifts to Athena, and treasures of the city, since the items themselves have long since vanished - either stolen, melted down, or disintegrated. This volume presents the evidence for these ancient treasures for the first time, and provides data with important implications for the history of Athens and Greek religion.

Chapters include a history of the treasures on the Acropolis, catalogues of each object kept in the Opisthodomus, Proneos, Parthenon, Hekatompedos Neos, and Erechtheion, and an analysis of the individual worshippers and allied-city states who gave gifts and offerings to their goddess, Athena. The most significant and startling conclusion from the author's findings is that the gifts were used again and again, and that the temples operated as repositories from which the treasures might be deposited, withdrawn, or even borrowed.

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