Tonathenethenathlon: The Games at Athens
- ISBN-10
- 0876616414
- ISBN-13
- 9780876616413
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- ASCSA
- Authors
- Jenifer Neils, Stephen V. Tracy
Description
This "Athenian Agora Picture Book" provides a general introduction to the Greater Panathenaia, the week-long religious and civic festival held in ancient Athens every four years, in honour of the city's patron goddess Athena.
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