Course Content (Syllabus)
The lecture is focused on the Hellenistic kingdoms and especially on the cities of the Hellenistic period with their architecture, and with their main monuments. We will discuss Hellenistic sanctuaries like that of Athena at Lindos/Rhodos and the sanctuary of Asklepios on the island of Kos and we will deal with Hellenistic cities like Aigai (Vergina) and Pella, Pergamon and Alexandria, and the changes which took place in them during the Hellenistic period.
Keywords
Hellenistic period, architecture, sculpture, cities, sanctuaries
Additional bibliography for study
G. Gruben, Ιερά και ναοί των αρχαίων Ελλήνων (2000) 445 κ.ε. 454 κ.ε.464 κ.ε.
E. V. Hansen, The Attalids of Pergamon (1971).
W. Radt, Pergamon. Archaeological Guide (1984).
W. Radt, Pergamon. Geschichte und Bauten, Funde und Erforschung einer antiken Metropole (1988).
P. M. Fraser, Ptolemaic Alexandria I-III (1972).
G. Grimm, Alexandria (1998).
M. Ανδρόνικος, Βεργίνα. Οι βασιλικοί τάφοι και οι άλλες αρχαιότητες (1984).
Στ. Δρούγου - Χ. Σαατσόγλου-Παλιαδέλη, Βεργίνα. Περιδιαβάζοντας τον αρχαιολογικό χώρο (1999).
Μ. Σιγανίδου - Μ. Λιλιμπάκη-Ακαμάτη, Πέλλα, πρωτεύουσα των Μακεδόνων (1996).