Heracles to Alexander the Great : treasures from the royal capital of Macedon, a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy /

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Imprint:	Oxford : Ashmolean Museum, 2011.
Description:	xv, 271 p. : col. ill., maps, plans ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Art, Macedonian -- Exhibitions. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Macedonia -- Exhibitions. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Vergina -- Exhibitions. Antiquities. Art, Macedonian. Excavations (Archaeology) Macedonia -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions. Macedonia -- History -- Exhibitions. Vergina (Greece) -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions. Europe -- Macedonia. Greece -- Vergina. Exhibition catalogs. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8402023

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Varying Form of Title:	Treasures from the royal capital of Macedon, a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy
Other authors / contributors:	Galanakis, Ioannis, 1979- McCarthy, Declan. Ashmolean Museum. Greece. 17. Ephoreia Proïstorikōn kai Klasikōn Archaiotētōn.
ISBN:	9781854442543 (pbk.) 1854442546
Notes:	Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Apr. 7-Aug. 29, 2011. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-270).

Table of Contents:

The legend of Macedon: a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy / Angeliki Kottaridi
Macedon, c.650-336 BC / Robin Lane Fox
Royalty and democracy: the case of Macedonia / Miltiades Hatzopoulos
Aegae: 160 years of archaeological research / Yannis Galanakis
The Mycenaean presence in Macedonia: new evidence from the region of Emathia / Elena Kountouri
Trade and exchange in the Macedonian court / Ioannes Graekos
War and hunting: the world of the Macedonian king and his companions / Ioannes Graekos
Queens, princesses and high priestesses: the role of women at the Macedonian court / Angeliki Kottaridi
The occupants of Tomb II at Vergina: why Arrhidaios and Eurydice must be excluded / Jonathan Musgrave and John Prag
Burial customs and beliefs in the royal necropolis of Aegae / Angeliki Kottaridi
Aegae: the Macedonian metropolis / Angeliki Kottaridi
The royal banquet: a capital institution / Angeliki Kottaridi
Macedonian metallurgy: an expression of royalty / Stella Drougou
The royal presence in the agora of Aegae / Chrysoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli
Macedonian coinage before Alexander / Sophia Kremydi
Painting at the Macedonian court / Harikleia Brekoulaki
Pella: the 'greatest of the cities in Macedonia' : the new capital of the kingdom of Macedon / Maria Lilimpaki-Akamati
From basileion to kaisareion: the Roman heritage of Philip's palace at Aegae / Susan Walker
The palace of Philip II in Aegae / Angeliki Kottaridi.

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