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Hi Linda Ann,

Sorry about the delayed response, I tend to visit 'Library Thing' only when procrastinating over a paper when it's due, as is the case now. Anything to put off the inevitable. Ha!

Stella Miller's 'The Tomb of Lyson and Kallikles: A Painted Macedonian Tomb' is a particularly fine book as it not only covers this particular tomb, but also seeks to inform on Macedonian funerary architecture, technique, chronology and custom as is made observable from many different sites.

The book is essentially an archaeological report on the tomb of L & K and is supplemented and placed in context with other known Macedonian tombs. This 'overall' apraisal of Macedonian tombs is in itself of great value as it remains an area under published to my mind. For me, this is the beauty of the book and worth the investment. As an archaeologist, Miller typically presents a descriptive work and interpretation is kept to a minimum.

The layout of the book is somewhat unorthodox. On many occassions footnotes become rather cumbersome and perhaps needed to be incorporated into the text. The first 40 pages or so are of a fairly extensive bibliography followed by approx. 100 pages of textual information which is the body of this work. Pages 106-116 provide a catalogue of Macedonian tombs with further referencing to articles written on those sites. Some wonderfull colour plates as well as b&w are to be found at the back of the book.

Over all, the book probably does not have the general reader in mind, but is non-the-less fairly straightforward. The archaeologist's jargon may for some be a hinderence, but (IMO) shouldn't detract from appreciating this work.

Whilst much is at hand on the literary accounts of Macedon, generally, little is available on the archaeology of Macedon's funerary culture - or at least in English. Miller sums up (rather briefly) what has generally only been available through various archaeological reports or academic journals.

With only 100 pages or so of archaeological information, I guess you need to weigh up if the outlay in dollars is worth it. If you have an interest in the archaeology of Macedon, then I highly recommend this book.

Hope this helps.

cheers!

smitty.

p.s if you need any more information before making a decision feel free to ask.

posted by smitty at 2:15 am (EST) on Apr 29, 2009

The price of the graphic novel has been this high ever since I can remember.I 've been wanting to have it since last year, so I have been checking regularly to see whether it has been republised or if the copies for sale are still that expensive... Well, if I start saving today I might be able to get it someday provided it still exists D:
As for puting it in a protective case, I think this is a very wise thought. I guess I would have done the same were I you ;D

posted by ria_81 at 3:46 pm (EST) on Feb 17, 2009

Oh I see. It's beautiful. My next guess would have been Godess Athena and then Apollo;D
You have such a nice collection of books and I just saw that you also have that graphic novel the Golden Vine...I hope they do republish it very soon, cause I want it so badly!

posted by ria_81 at 3:20 pm (EST) on Feb 10, 2009

Hello there and Happy New Year!I first spotted this gorgeous AtG statue in a book(can't remember which one now as I was just flicking though) and I instantly fell in love with it. Finding out that it was made by English sculptor J.M. Westmacott, the only thing I had to do was type in my info in google and voila!Is that Alexander the Great in your icon too? I haven't seen it anywhere else...

posted by ria_81 at 4:41 pm (EST) on Jan 3, 2009

I forgot to mention that the late Kimon Friar [ original name Kageropoulos ] did the monumental 1958 translation of The Odyssey [ 33,333 lines ] by Nikos Kazantzakis ?

posted by tmcarew at 7:42 pm (EST) on Oct 19, 2008

Noting your Greek selection, Modern Greek Poetry by Kimon Friar might also interest you.

Tom

posted by tmcarew at 10:14 am (EST) on Oct 16, 2008

Good to see you on LT again! :)

posted by timspalding at 1:33 am (EST) on Jun 22, 2008