In Greece With the Classics (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

William Amory Gardner

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330165055 ISBN 13 : 9781330165058

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Follow a measured ascent to Delphi, where the sacred center of the ancient world feels almost within reach. The moment arrives as the landscape opens to the temple precinct and the legendary cast of myths seems to lean close to listen.

In this walk through one of antiquity’s greatest sites, you move from the Castalian spring to the sacred mount where the Pythian Games and prophetic voices gathered. You’ll encounter echoes of Aesop, the Sibyl, and poets who sang of Apollo’s shrine, and you’ll see the marks left by centuries of temple life and pilgrim curiosity. The scene blends landscape, sculpture, and inscription, offering a tangible sense of how people once approached the god at the heart of the Greek world.

• Purification rites and a climb toward the temple, with Castalia’s waters described as a key prelude to the sacred.


• Detailed sights around the precinct, including inscriptions and relics that connect past prayers to present memory.


• The central monument—the tripod wounded by history and the serpentine brazen supports that bore public memory.


• A sense of place that frames Delphi as a turning point in ancient civilization, both mythic and cultural.

Ideal for readers drawn to classical travel, archaeology, and mythic history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330165055
• ISBN 13: 9781330165058
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 315
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