Nemea and Me 1971 to 2017
The Archaeology of Ancient Nemea (two volumes in slipcase, English language edition)
Will be published approx. on 30. November 2020
Book
Hardback
768 pages
978-618-5209-57-5 (ISBN)
Description
Stephen G. Miller (1942-2021) presents his 46 years of archaeological discoveries at Ancient Nemea. The text, with nearly 1,800 colour and black and white illustrations, takes us from his earliest on-site efforts to the creation of an archaeological park and the revival of the ancient Nemean Games.
Miller provides details of the most significant of his archaeological discoveries at Nemea. The book is a personal autobiography, a social history with many local anecdotes, a description of the creation of an archaeological park of about 180 stremmata, the construction of an archaeological museum and the discovery of thousands of ancient artifacts that have gone into it, the revival of the ancient Nemean Games (www.nemeangames.org), the reconstruction of six columns of the Temple of Nemean Zeus to add to those three that have always stood.
Two volumes. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white
English language edition. A Greek language edition of Nemea and Me is also available, published in identical format.
Miller provides details of the most significant of his archaeological discoveries at Nemea. The book is a personal autobiography, a social history with many local anecdotes, a description of the creation of an archaeological park of about 180 stremmata, the construction of an archaeological museum and the discovery of thousands of ancient artifacts that have gone into it, the revival of the ancient Nemean Games (www.nemeangames.org), the reconstruction of six columns of the Temple of Nemean Zeus to add to those three that have always stood.
Two volumes. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white
English language edition. A Greek language edition of Nemea and Me is also available, published in identical format.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Athens
Greece
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1784 Illustrations in colour and black & white
Dimensions
Height: 300 mm
Width: 245 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
4738 gr
ISBN-13
978-618-5209-57-5 (9786185209575)
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Person
Stephen G. Miller (1942-2021) was Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. In 1971 he was named Director of Excavations at Ancient Nemea in the north-eastern Peloponnese. During his years in Nemea he made major discoveries such as the stadium where the Nemean Games took place, created an archaeological park and museum, and began reconstruction of the ancient Temple of Zeus. From 1982 to 1987 he was Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens; in 1994 he founded The Society for the Revival of the Nemean Games. Professor Miller was Commander of the Order of Honour of the Hellenic Republic and received Greek citizenship by decree of the President of the Greek Republic in 2005. Miller's published books include Nemea II: The Early Hellenistic Stadium (University of California Press 2001); Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources (U.C. Press 2004); Ancient Greek Athletics (Yale University Press 2004); The Berkeley Plato (U.C. Press 2009).