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7 - Conclusion and Epilogue
Athena Kirk, Cornell University, New York
Book:

Ancient Greek Lists

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05 March 2021

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11 March 2021, pp 211-222
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The Conclusion and Epilogue gesture toward the listed dynamics of counting and materialization in later texts through the brief examples of the Parian Marble and Lindian Chronicle. These monumental inscribed text-objects can be understood as literal transformations of cultural value into list form, extreme inventories untethered from their contents.

20 - Sculpture and Its Role in the City
from Part III - Business/Commerce
- By Olga Palagia
Edited by Jenifer Neils, American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Dylan K. Rogers, University of Virginia
Book:

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens

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10 March 2021

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18 February 2021, pp 282-292
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This chapter deals with sculpture in Athens and Attica in the Archaic and Classical periods. Marble sculpture was introduced to Athens from the Cyclades in the late seventh century. Bronze became the dominant medium for sculpture from the late sixth century on.

8b - Classical Cities and Sanctuaries
from 8 - Greek culture, religion and society in the fifth century b.c.
- By R. E. Wycherley, University College of North Wales, Bangor
Edited by David M. Lewis, John Boardman, J. K. Davies, M. Ostwald
Book:

The Cambridge Ancient History

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28 March 2008

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26 March 1992, pp 184-205
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The Greek city was a creation of the Archaic period, in architectural form as in political, religious and social life. Next to the major temples, the city walls were the most impressive works of architecture. Marble was used on a bigger scale in the fifth century, for whole temples and occasionally other buildings. At Acragas in the course of the century a series of temples was built; at Athens a great building programme was carried out in the second half of the century. The Doric and Ionic orders, fully developed in the sixth century, attained perfection by the middle of the fifth. The greatest sanctuaries attained a complex form in course of time, without a formal plan. The stoa played a vital role in Greek life and architecture. The uses of the stoas cover the whole range of Greek political, religious and social life.