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In AJA 89 of 1985 I published an article "The Panathenaic Stadium and Theater of Lykourgos: A Re-Examination of the Facilities on the Pnyx Hill" in which I proposed that the architectural facilities on the Pnyx were those as described in... more
With this essay I am going to develop the theme of the birth of the city of Athens as a Modern city, analyzing all the plans that have occurred over time, referring to similar situations related to other Greek cities too. The study... more
The author proposes that the Athenian Prytaneion, one of the city's most important civic buildings, was located in the peristyle complex beneath the court and church Agia Aikaterini, on the ancient square that once stood before the... more
The present study examines the topographical development of early Athens from around 1075 BC until 480/479 BC, as this is ascertained from the archaeological remains, particularly of the cemeteries but also of the few houses or other... more
Athens section of 'Archaeology in Greece' 2010-2011.
The relief fragment in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Inv. 12059 of unknown provenance comes from the left corner slab of the tympanon of a small pediment and carries a relief depicting a leftwards reclining Papposilenus, who... more
https://www.steiner-verlag.de/Raeume-der-Reputation/9783515122337 Dass sich Reputation und Anerkennung in vormodernen Gesellschaften, darunter im spätklassischen Athen, über Kommunikation in der Öffentlichkeit... more
A survey of early travelers to Athens from Cyriac of Ancona to the founding of the Modern Greek State, focusing on their readings of the archaeological monuments and inscriptions they came across.
As described in the title, this book is the second volume, accompanying the first volume, also presented here. In the end, an English translation of the captions has been added, thai is not in the printed version.
The structural history of the Propylaia, the west access and the west area of the Acropolis plateau based on historians' and travellers' reports from the middle Ages to date, and on evidence from a thorough study of the surviving evidence... more
Tra i segnacoli funerari scoperti ad Atene nella prima metà dell’Ottocento figura- no quattro marmi – una lekythos e tre horoi – su cui è iscritto il nome di uno stesso individuo, Onesimos. Certamente essi provengono da un unico monumento... more
Abstract: In early 1934 the distinguished collector and connoisseur Michael P. Vlastos, founder and first president of the Society of the Friends of the National Archaeological Museum, purchased from an art dealer in Athens a pair of... more
This article summarizes excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in the Athenian Agora during the 2013–2019 seasons. Excavations were carried out for eight weeks each summer. In this report, we... more
Athens section of 'Archaeology in Greece' 2011-2012.
This article intends to draw the scholars’ attention to the main contents and features of the research project The Epigraphic Landscape of Athens (University of Turin), and of the relevant online database ELA:... more
This volume for the first time systematically compiles the archaeological evidence of Athens from the late 8th century to the early 6th century BCE. It aims to classify the material within the context of the urban topography and to offer... more
The date and location of the cult of Apollo Patroos in the Athenian Agora are still being debated. Recent studies have proven that the epiclesis Patroos was a 4th century invention, while the cult site in the public space seems to have... more
Athens section of 'Archaeology in Greece' 2013-2014.
και στη συνέχεια, παρουσιάζεται η μελέτη, συντήρηση και αποκατάσταση του μουσικού οργάνου που απετέλεσε ένα εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρον πεδίο εργασίας, καθώς, παράλληλα με την πορεία των επεμβάσεων συντήρησης, έπρεπε να εξεταστούν και να... more
ste trabajo se centra en demostrar que en la tragedia sofoclea, representada en el año 401 a.C., tras su muerte, pero escrita en los años 407-406 o en 405, la puesta en escena de atenienses y tebanos manifiesta el contraste entre unidad y... more
1. Basic information about the project and its contents. 2. Features of the ELA database, with reference to both the back-end and the front-end environment of the site. 3. Current state of the work and a couple of case studies.
Early topographers of ancient Athens played down the effect of Herulian seaborne raids on the Aegean littoral in the mid-3rd century noted by contemporary ancient sources. More recent archaeological literature now prefers the accounts of... more
El objetivo principal del trabajo consiste en analizar las perspectivas oligárquicas sobre la condición esclava el dêmos ateniense que se manifiestan durante la Guerra del Peloponeso, y en especial durante los últimos años del siglo V... more
In the late V cent. BCE, consequently upon the several changes from democratic and oligarchic constitutions which Athens had undergone, the Athenians decided to revise, ratify and republish on stone an official version of nomoi (from now... more
www.epigraphiclandscape.unito.it Every inscription, carved on stone and set up in the city space, can be also seen as a communication medium. Public documents (decrees, laws, treaties, accounts, lists, etc.) can be therefore considered as... more
Article in Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum. Ergänzungsband 20,2, Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung,, Münster 1995.
Figures 2 and 3 published with permission of Wasmuth Verlag, Berlin.
Figures 2 and 3 published with permission of Wasmuth Verlag, Berlin.
The image of Athens as one huge and faceless tourist venue should be replaced by a peopled, nuanced cityscape with much to see and to experience. Athens is worth savoring slowly by foot beyond the few days most visitors budget for it in... more