Dive into the intricate world of ancient Athenian timekeeping with The Athenian Year, an in-depth exploration of the city-state's calendar system and its historical significance. This work unravels the complexities of a system influenced by both practical governance and lunar cycles, offering a rare glimpse into how the Athenians balanced tradition, astronomy, and civic needs. Through meticulous analysis, the book examines irregularities introduced by archons, the interplay between observed lunar phenomena and calendrical ...
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Dive into the intricate world of ancient Athenian timekeeping with The Athenian Year, an in-depth exploration of the city-state's calendar system and its historical significance. This work unravels the complexities of a system influenced by both practical governance and lunar cycles, offering a rare glimpse into how the Athenians balanced tradition, astronomy, and civic needs. Through meticulous analysis, the book examines irregularities introduced by archons, the interplay between observed lunar phenomena and calendrical conventions, and the adjustments that ensured alignment with festivals and key historical events. Rich in scholarly insight, The Athenian Year bridges the gap between ancient practices and modern interpretations. It meticulously reconstructs how the Athenians managed their festival and conciliar years, highlighting discrepancies and tampering while proposing methodologies for translating these dates into Julian equivalents. For historians, classicists, and enthusiasts of ancient Greek culture, this book provides both a detailed framework for understanding Athenian calendrical practices and a broader reflection on the intersection of astronomy, politics, and society in antiquity. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1961.
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Very Good. 8vo. Beige red and blue jacket over green cloth. 262 numbered pp. Minor edge wear to jacket; some scuffing. Else fine. Internals are nice and clean.
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Dr. Oost's signature and date and several reviews listed else very good, clean and sound condition in an age toned but still good dust jacket which is now in a clear protective mylar sleeve. 262pp. From the library of Stewart Irwin Oost.
Add this copy of The Athenian Year (Sather Classical Lectures Volume to cart. $49.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by University of California Press.
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VG. Toning to jacket spine and light shelfwear, previous owners name penned inside, otherwise clean and unmarked. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with illustrated jacket. VI, 262 p.; Illustrations. 23 cm.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0520008510. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Browning to DJ spine.; Looks at the Athenian calendar of the classical age. The year was governed by two or in a sense three calendars-one for political life, one for religious life, and one for astronomy. The understanding of recorded Athenian dates is further complicated by the Athenian practice of allowing some latitude in adding and subtracting days of the religious calendar.; Sather Classical Lectures; 262 pages.
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Very good Good jacket. First Edition. 1st edition. Hardcover with good dust-jacket. Clean and solid. Ships from a smoke-free home. A few small tears to edges of jacket. Hand-wrapped and packaged in dust-jacket.
