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Heroic Offerings: The Terracotta Plaques from the Spartan Sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra
Gina SalapataThis volume focuses on a large group of decorated terracotta plaques, from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. These molded plaques were discovered with other offerings in a sanctuary deposit excavated near Sparta more than fifty years ago, but they have remained unpublished until now. They number over 1,500 complete and fragmentary pieces. In technique, style, and iconography they form a homogeneous group unlike any other from mainland Greece. The large number of plaques and variety of types reveal a stable and vigorous coroplastic tradition in Lakonia during the late Archaic and Classical period.
Heroic Offerings will be of interest to students and scholars of Greek history, art, and archaeology, to those interested in ancient religious practice in the Mediterranean, and to all inspired by Athens' chief political rival, Sparta.
This volume received financial support from the Archaeological Institute of America.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Preface
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Contents
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Introduction
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CHAPTER 1. The Sanctuary at Agia Paraskevi, Amyklai
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CHAPTER 2. The Cult Recipients
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CHAPTER 3. The Terracotta Plaques: Life Cycle and Classification
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CHAPTER 4. Plaques with Seated Figures: Typological Analysis
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CHAPTER 5. Plaques with Seated Figures: Iconography
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CHAPTER 6. Plaques with Standing Figures, Riders, Warriors, Banqueters, and Miscellaneous Subjects
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CHAPTER 7. Votive Plaques and Hero Cult
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Conclusion
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Catalogue
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Appendixes
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Appendix 1. Findspots of Lakonian and Messenian Plaques
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Appendix 2. Lakonian Stone Reliefs with Seated Figures
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Bibliography
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Index
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Plates
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