Attic Document Reliefs: Art and Politics in Ancient Athens

By Carol L. Lawton

A unique, fully illustrated, and fascinating study of all the known carved reliefs decorating official inscriptions in classical and Hellenistic Athens. The author's new and illuminating work on the iconography of these reliefs shows how the gods, heroes, and other personifications were not simply decorative, but integral to the overall political message.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198149557
• ISBN13: 9780198149552
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 260.00 lbs.