The Prytaneion : Its Function and Architectural Form, by Stephen G. Miller. First Edition Hardcover Published in 1978 by University of California Press. Classical Architecture, Ancient Greek Archaeology.

Stephen G. Miller

Published by University of California Press, 1978

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This is the 1978 First Edition hardcover of "The Prytaneion - Its Function and Architectural Form" , by Stephen G. Miller, as published by the University of California Press. The publisher identifies 1978 as the First Edition. From the dust-jacket write-up : |> The prytaneion was a structure central to the civic life of the ancient Greek city-state. In it was housed the hearth of Hestia with its eternal fire symbolizing the well-being of the state. To it were invited distinguished foreign visitors for meals; citizens who had performed some special service to the state were also entertained there. The prytaneion was the 'home' of the state, and the architectural manifestation of its life. ************************************* |> The obvious ubiquity and importance of the prytaneion in antiquity is not reflected in the pages of modern scholarship, largely because only two structures have been excavated that can be firmly so identified. In this book, Mr. Miller seeks to define the functions and the architectural form of the prytaneion by assembling and analyzing historical and epigraphic references to it. His analysis yields explicit references to various architectural parts of the prytaneion as well as a definition of the function of the building from which other architectural elements can be extrapolated. It provides a set of architectural elements essential to any prytaneion, and usable as criteria of identification for excavated structures.<| ********************************** TITLE : The Prytaneion - Its Function and Architectural Form / AUTHOR : Stephen G. Miller (Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology) / IMPRINT : University of California Press / PLACE : Berkeley / DATE : (1978) / EDITION : First Edition (As stated on the publisher s website) / STATUS : Publisher now offers only print-on-demand copies. / DETAILS : academic hardcover published for the trade; contains 52 halftone black-and-white photographs; has one map and 14 ground plans; has a Preface, an Introduction, a Site Bibliography, a Selected Bibliography, four Appendices, and two Indexes; xii + 258 pages; approximately 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 ; burgundy cloth-covered boards and spine, with silver gilt lettering on spine; decorated dust-jacket printed in pink and dark red with white lettering. *********************************** CONDITION … BOOK : NEAR FINE … DUST-JACKET : VERY GOOD … This is a previously owned book that remains clean, solid and attractive - with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR : Slight compression to foot of spine, else bright, clean and attractive with negligible signs of handling. // BINDING : Tight // INTERIOR : A trace of pencil erasure to the front free end-paper (likely dealer prices), else clean and free of marking. No underlining, no writing or marginalia, no signatures. // DUST-JACKET : Modest surface rub; a touch of wear to top edge, with one soft bump to top fore-edge corner of front panel - else clean and bright.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Prytaneion : Its Function and Architectural Form, by Stephen G. Miller. First Edition Hardcover Published in 1978 by University of California Press. Classical Architecture, Ancient Greek Archaeology.
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 28 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Ancient Greece