Steine Und Pfeiler Fur Die Gotter: Weihgeschenkgattungen in Westgriechischen Stadtheiligtumern [German]

by Daphni Doepner

English summary: Due to extraordinarily good find conditions the Greek colony Metapont in Lower Italy gives very clear evidence of the following circumstance: In wide areas of the representative and sacral centre of the polis, in the "urban sanctuary", i.e. at magnificent temples and altars from the 7th to the 3rd century B.C. no luxurious votive offerings had been erected but exclusively plain stones and aniconic pillars. This phenomenon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3895000752
• ISBN13: 9783895000751
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert
• Length: 264 Pages