[Agora Publication] Corinth V: The Roman Villa

Shear, Theodore Leslie ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Excavated in 1925, the Roman villa at Corinth is famous for its well-preserved mosaics, showing goat herdsmen and other pastoral themes. Of rectangular design, they are curtailed or supplemented to fit ... 1930 ... Excavated in 1925, the Roman villa at Corinth is famous for its well-preserved mosaics, showing goat herdsmen and other pastoral themes. ... The book is notable for its large size and portfolio format, with large-scale color plates following loose-leaf text pages.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XX: The Church of the Holy Apostles

Frantz, M. A ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The Church of the Holy Apostles stands at an important crossroads in the southeast corner of the area of the ancient Agora. The earliest church on the site, built over a wall of the 5th-century B.C. Mint ... 1971 ... The architectural type is studied in relation to other churches in Greece, and the restoration is described. The plates give the author’s photos of the structure before, during, and after restoration and drawings of elevations, sections, and plans.

[Agora Publication] Broneer (1956): The North Slope Krater, New Fragments

Broneer, O ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The calyx-krater of Exekias, first published in 1937,1 was discovered at the bottom of a well in the American School excavations on the North slope of the Acropolis in Athens. The circumstances of discovery ... 1956 ... The circumstances of discovery indicate that someone had carried down the shattered krater from the Acropolis for the express purpose of throwing it into the well, which was then abandoned as a source of water, like several other wells on the North Slope. ... The new fragments, which join the restored part of the vase, as shown in Plates 50 and 51, a, add new interest to the krater as a whole and enable us to appreciate the composition in two vital areas more fully than before. ... Some of the other vases and bronzes found in the well may have been carried down at the same time, Hesperia, VII, 1938, pp. 188 ff.