The Knossos labyrinth [[electronic resource] ] : a new view of the "Palace of Minos" at Knosos / / Rodney Castleden ; illustrated by the author

• Autore: Castleden Rodney
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c1990
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 938
• Soggetto geografico: Crete (Greece) History; Knossos (Extinct city); Crete (Greece) Antiquities; Greece Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Illustrated endpapers.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-196) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
• Sommario/riassunto: Knossos, like the Acropolis or Stonehenge, is a symbol for an entire culture. The Knossos Labyrinth was first built in the reign of a Middle Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh, and was from the start the focus of a glittering and exotic culture. Homer left elusive clues about the Knossian court and when the lost site of Knossos gradually re-emerged from obscurity in the nineteenth century, the first excavators - Minos Kalokairinos, Heinrich Schliemann, and Arthur Evans - were predisposed to see the site through the eyes of the classical authors. Rodney Castleden argues that this line of thought was a fa
• Titolo autorizzato: The Knossos labyrinth
• ISBN: 0-585-45261-X; 1-280-04604-X; 0-203-40500-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451257103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II