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Delphi
Delphi is part of the volume entitled "treasures of the Greek Museums" which introduces the reader to the priceless works of art housed in the museums of Greece. The texts, written by experts, furnish details of the historical and cultural context of these masterpieces. The most important achaeological sites are also presented, with exclusive aerial photographs and other lavish illustrations.
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 28, 1983
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April 11, 2016
Ekdotike Athenon is one of the older and most established publishers in Greece, founded on the early '60s, offering not only guides to archeological sites and museums, but various encyclopaedias, coffee table books, books about Greek authors, excavations, museums, art and varied interesting subjects.
Manolis Andronikos, one of the most famous Greek archeologists, is widely known for the discovery of a tomb at Vergina which he identified as that of Philip II of Macedon on November 1977 and the excavations that followed and revealed a fantastic civilisation, whose only a few traces were found up to then. Andronikos was a very educated man with an interesting life and it worths to research his biography if you are not very familiar with what I am talking about.
His collaboration with Ekdotike Ethinon led to a series of very interesting books about various archeological sites, giving lots of scientific background and historical feedback without been too technical and describing some easy tours for a first time visitor to follow. Those books filled a gap at the time and were a great success for decades and are still widely available around.
The Delphi guide is very accurate and easy to follow as far as concerns the archeological site, very accurate about exhibits of the archeological museum but not as good as a guide to follow step by step in the museum as museum has been renovated and exhibits re-arranged since the book has been written.
There are various interesting Delphi guidebooks around, publiced more recently, so more up to date, but the Andronikos book is still an all-time-classic on the subject !
For Delphi lovers out there:
If someone is of academic background, it worths to seek around for a book on a navy blue cover named "Delphi and its history" by Pierre Amandry, published in 1984. It has gone out of edition but some shops around the area might still have it. No one has studied Delphi more indepth than Pierre Amandry, a French archeologist who was the one to excavate the ivory and gold items under the Sacred Way on 1939, kept performing excavations and studies in Delphi till his 90s and was a very familiar figure locally till his death on 2006.
An other good academic edition is the much more recent "Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World" by Michael Scott, frequent Delphi visitor and currently an associate professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Warwick and writter and presenter of a number of ancient history documentaries for various TV broadcasters. This book is lengthy and a bit "dry", but an excellent overview of the site and its history.
I hope you find the above useful !
Manolis Andronikos, one of the most famous Greek archeologists, is widely known for the discovery of a tomb at Vergina which he identified as that of Philip II of Macedon on November 1977 and the excavations that followed and revealed a fantastic civilisation, whose only a few traces were found up to then. Andronikos was a very educated man with an interesting life and it worths to research his biography if you are not very familiar with what I am talking about.
His collaboration with Ekdotike Ethinon led to a series of very interesting books about various archeological sites, giving lots of scientific background and historical feedback without been too technical and describing some easy tours for a first time visitor to follow. Those books filled a gap at the time and were a great success for decades and are still widely available around.
The Delphi guide is very accurate and easy to follow as far as concerns the archeological site, very accurate about exhibits of the archeological museum but not as good as a guide to follow step by step in the museum as museum has been renovated and exhibits re-arranged since the book has been written.
There are various interesting Delphi guidebooks around, publiced more recently, so more up to date, but the Andronikos book is still an all-time-classic on the subject !
For Delphi lovers out there:
If someone is of academic background, it worths to seek around for a book on a navy blue cover named "Delphi and its history" by Pierre Amandry, published in 1984. It has gone out of edition but some shops around the area might still have it. No one has studied Delphi more indepth than Pierre Amandry, a French archeologist who was the one to excavate the ivory and gold items under the Sacred Way on 1939, kept performing excavations and studies in Delphi till his 90s and was a very familiar figure locally till his death on 2006.
An other good academic edition is the much more recent "Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World" by Michael Scott, frequent Delphi visitor and currently an associate professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Warwick and writter and presenter of a number of ancient history documentaries for various TV broadcasters. This book is lengthy and a bit "dry", but an excellent overview of the site and its history.
I hope you find the above useful !
September 1, 2018
This is the third in my series on my Greece guidebooks and the second of these by Manolis Andronicos. This one deals with one of my favourite sites in Greece which is deeply beautiful as a natural setting as well as being one of the most important sites in Greece. It is also a very well-designed museum and archaeological site, so well worth visiting.
The guide is pretty comprehensive and goes through many of the important sites and artifacts. Mind you, it does seem to stop at the Temple of Apollo, but doesn't discuss the upper levels as much like the Stadium. It isn't that Andronicos doesn't mention it. He just doesn't spend much time.
Interestingly, I noticed a few more typoes in this volume. That is a minor criticism and this remains an excellent guide to Delphi and its Museum.
The guide is pretty comprehensive and goes through many of the important sites and artifacts. Mind you, it does seem to stop at the Temple of Apollo, but doesn't discuss the upper levels as much like the Stadium. It isn't that Andronicos doesn't mention it. He just doesn't spend much time.
Interestingly, I noticed a few more typoes in this volume. That is a minor criticism and this remains an excellent guide to Delphi and its Museum.
December 8, 2019
This was a lovely little book/guide about Delphi. The introduction and subsequent maps and photos really gave me a sense of what it is like to visit, even though I am so far from there. I would love to visit for real one day, and if I do I may bring this little book along with me.
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