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DOGS IN THE ATHENIAN AGORA

DOGS IN THE ATHENIAN AGORA

€6.50Price

Colin M. Whiting

Managing Editor in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection

 

Agora Picture Book 28

  • Specifications

    44 pages

    50 color figures

    paperback, 21x14 cm

  • Description

    In this beautifully illustrated book, readers are shown how dogs fit into ancient Greek society with material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Topics range from how ancient Greeks hunted with dogs and what they considered a proper dog’s name to the excavation of tender burials in the Agora and the sacrifice of dogs to the gods of the underworld. Mythological dogs like the three-headed Kerberos appear, as do the pawprints that very real dogs left behind more than a thousand years ago. Dozens of illustrations of pottery, sculpture, and excavated remains enliven the text, providing a broad exploration of the place of dogs in the Agora across millennia. Anyone curious about dogs in antiquity and how they relate to dogs in the present day will be sure to find interesting material in this portable, affordable text. 

  • Languages

    English 9780876616468

  • Authors

    Colin M. Whiting is Managing Editor in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.

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