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The author reinterprets Thucydides' brief description to argue that early Athens was essentially the Acropolis and its immediate approaches rather than a broad urban area. She assembles archaeological evidence and Dörpfeld's interpretations of recent excavations to identify a prehistoric circuit wall, approaches to the citadel, and a compact settlement pattern. Detailed chapters map sanctuaries and cult places both within the citadel and in nearby lowlands, relating myth, hero cults, and ritual features to topography and material remains. The result is a concise topographical and religious reconstruction that challenges traditional conceptions of primitive urban organization.

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Title: Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides

Author: Jane Ellen Harrison

Release date: June 7, 2024 [eBook #73789]

Language: English

Original publication: Cambridge: University Press, 1906

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Primitive Athens
as described by Thucydides

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Primitive Athens
as described by Thucydides

by
JANE ELLEN HARRISON,
HON. D.LITT. (DURHAM), HON. LL.D. (ABERDEEN),
STAFF LECTURER AND SOMETIME FELLOW OF NEWNHAM COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

Cambridge
at the University Press
1906

Cambridge:
PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A.
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

VILHELMO DOERPFELD

HUNC QUALEMCUNQUE LIBELLUM
ANIMO SALTEM NON INGRATO
DEDICAT

J. E. H.

Πηγὴν μὲν πολύκρουνον Ἀθηναίης ἀνέφηνας
πηγὴ δ’ αὐτὸς ἔφυς καλλιρόου σοφίης.