The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The Predecessors (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780876619407)

The famous monumental gateway to the Akropolis is a successor to a Mycenaean building. But what did this Bronze Age gateway, in use up to the 5th century B.C., look like, and what did the architect Mnesikles tear down before he started his construction? This detailed architectural study explores these problems, and reveals the existence of an earlier theatral area for viewing the Panathenaic procession, and some half-built trial runs, below the current Propylon.

Author: William B. Dinsmoor
ISBN-10: 0876619405
ISBN-13: 9780876619407
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athen
Language: English
Published: 12/01/1980
Pages: 87
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 11.82h x 8.96w x 0.61d