Pots and Pans of Classical Athens, Issues 1-4

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Brian A. Sparkes, Lucy Talcott

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1958 - History - 32 pages

By mingling images on well-preserved Greek vases with the more fragmentary ceramics recovered during excavations at the Agora, the authors show how different vessel forms were used in classical Athens. By linking the shapes of pots with their social functions, this book gives meaning to the ancient names, such as skyphos, olpe, kantharos, lekane, and hydria, that one encounters when visiting museums.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Pots and Pans of Classical Athens, Issues 1-4; Volume 1 of Agora Picture Book Series; Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research; Issue 1 of Excavations of the Athenian Agora: Picture book; Pots and Pans of Classical Athens, Brian A. Sparkes
• Authors: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Brian A. Sparkes, Lucy Talcott
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1958
• ISBN: 0876616015, 9780876616017
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Greece; Social Science / Archaeology