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OverviewGreek language edition. An English language edition of Nemea and Me, ISBN 978-618-5209-57-5, is also available, published in identical format. Stephen G. Miller (1942-2021), late Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of California at Berkeley and former Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 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 with protective fencing and framing cypress trees, 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. His pride is perhaps most obvious as he details the contributions of the local people to the realization of his dream, and their developing pride in their own work as well as his. Two volumes, large format Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen G. MillerPublisher: Kapon Editions Imprint: Kapon Editions Dimensions: Width: 24.50cm , Height: 4.80cm , Length: 30.00cm Weight: 4.738kg ISBN: 9786185209568ISBN 10: 618520956 Pages: 768 Publication Date: 30 November 2020 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: Greek, Modern (1453-) Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationStephen 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, and began the archaeological work there, to which he devoted the rest of his life, just two years later in 1973. During Stephen Miller’s years in Nemea, he not only made major discoveries such as the stadium where the Nemean Games took place, but also created an archaeological park, constructed and set the displays for an archaeological 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; he founded the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology at U.C. Berkeley and, in 1994, he founded The Society for the Revival of the Nemean Games. Stephen G. Miller’s published books include Nemea II: The Early Hellenistic Stadium (University of California Press 2001); The Prytaneion: Its Function and Architectural Form (U.C. Press 1978), Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources (U.C. Press 2004), Ancient Greek Athletics (Yale University Press 2004) and The Berkeley Plato (U.C. Press 2009). Professor Miller was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Athens, decorated by the President of the Hellenic Republic as Commander of the Order of Honour and received Greek citizenship by decree of the President of the Greek Republic in 2005. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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