Sounion : The Ruins and Their History
by Gavrilis,Andreas
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Athens: Ekdoseis Sfingos, 1969 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Local guide to the site of the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion. At the southeastern tip of Attica is a rocky cape named Sounias Akra, which means Tip of Sounino or simply Sounion and is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as a sacred place actually connected since that period with the Athenians. The remains still exist of an ancient fortress with a small port and arsenal and two shrines dedicated to Poseidon and Athena. Excavations were carried out by Dorpfeld in 1884 and by the Greeks V. Stais, A. Orlandos and G. Economou from the year 1897 58p. illus ( B & W).map on endpaper. Name of owner, else fine..
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040238
- Title
- Sounion : The Ruins and Their History
- Author
- Gavrilis,Andreas
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Ekdoseis Sfingos
- Place of Publication
- Athens
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- GREECE GREEK ATTICA SOUNION TEMPLE OF POEISIDON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Attica; Sounion;
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