The Parthenon enigma : a journey into legend
Connelly, Joan Breton, 1954-2017
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A radical new interpretation of the meaning and purposes of one of the world's most iconic buildings. For more than two millennia, the Parthenon has been revered as the symbol of Western culture and its highest ideals. It was understood to honour the city-state's patron deity, Athena, and its sculptures to depict a civic celebration in the birthplace of democracy. But through a close reading of a lost play by Euripides, Joan Connelly has developed a theory that has sparked fierce controversy. Here she explains that our most basic sense of the Parthenon and the culture that built it may have been crucially mistaken.
Main title:
The Parthenon enigma : a journey into legend / Joan Breton Connelly.
Author:
Connelly, Joan Breton, 1954-, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2017.
Collation:
xxiii, 485 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781781859605 (pbk)
Dewey class:
726.120809385
LC class:
NA281
Local class:
938.5
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1944202
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