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This book focus on Athenian art in the second half of the fifth century, one of the most important periods of ancient art. Including papers on architecture, sculpture, and vase painting the volume offers new and before unpublished material as well as new interpretations of famous monuments like the sculptures of the Parthenon. The contributions go back to an international conference at the American School of Classical Studies, Athens.

The papers in this volume were presented at an international conference organized 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...

The aim of this book is to identify and assess the distinctive styles of five important ancient Greek sculptors. By using the most recent archaeological evidence and reevaluating both the ancient literary sources and earlier scholarly literature, the international group of authors whose essays appear here expands our understanding of the role of personal styles in ancient art.