Festivals of Attica: An Archaeological Commentary (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) by Simon, Erika - 1983T

University of Wisconsin Press, 1983. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1983. Scholarly study of the "complex and often obscure festivals" of the Athenian year, clarifying the "probable origins and meanings of the Attic cults", based on archaeological evidence as well as philological studies. Hardcover. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor edgewear: tiny chips, one short tear. Text clean; xx, 122 pages + colophon; index, figures, b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1983. 1st . Hardcover. fine/fine. Illustrated with photographs in black & white. Includes index.

University of Wisconsin Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0299091805 . DJ has large tears with some chipping. DJ spine a bit sunned. Very minor shelfwear to book. ; Wisconsin Studies in Classics; 122 pages; The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion.   Erika Simon sets out here to explicate those complex and often obscure festivals.   By careful marshaling of a variety of proofs from literary, historical, and archaeological sources, she is able to justify some startling conclusions and achieve a comprehensive and truly original synthesis that clarifies, as never before, the probable origins and meanings of the Attic cults. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.