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Assuming no prior knowledge, this book introduces the reader to a selection of sites and temples, exploring them in detail and explaining all technical terms along the way. Intended for college-level students and the interested general reader, this book aims to equip the student of Greek architecture for further study, and can also serve as a handbook for visitors to the sanctuaries.

The book covers many of the most popular sites, including Delphi, Olympia and the Athenian Acropolis. In this second edition there are new chapters on Western Greece, covering the site of Paestum in Magna Graecia (South Italy), and the unique temple of Olympian Zeus in Acragas, Sicily.

The book also offers a concise account of the evolution of Greek architecture, explores aesthetic ideas underlying Greek architectural design, and gives consideration to specific buildings in their social and religious context. This second edition has expanded the discussion of the most important temples and lays emphasis on architectural sculpture as part of the meaning of the whole building.

Along with an updated bibliography and a glossary, an abundance of plans, photos and drawings helps clarify the text.

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• Preface to the Second Edition(p. viii)
• Acknowledgements(p. x)
• Acknowledgements to the First Edition(p. xi)
• List of Illustrations(p. xii)
• Maps(p. xviii)
• 1 Introduction(p. 1)
• 2 What Was a Sanctuary?(p. 5)
• 3 From Mud Hut to Marble Temple: Doric and Ionic Orders(p. 13)
• 4 Architectural Sculpture(p. 25)
• 5 Delphi(p. 31)
• 6 Olympia(p. 57)
• 7 The Athenian Acropolis: Historical Background(p. 89)
• 8 The Parthenon(p. 97)
• 9 The Propylaia(p. 127)
• 10 The Sanctuary of Athene Nike(p. 137)
• 11 The Erechtheion(p. 145)
• 12 The Hephaisteion(p. 161)
• 13 Views and Their Meanings: The Acropolis and Its Surroundings(p. 169)
• 14 The Sanctuary of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae(p. 177)
• 15 The Age of Greek Expansion to the West: Paestum(p. 187)
• 16 The Temple of Olympian Zeus at Akragas, Sicily(p. 227)
• 17 Looking at Art in Sanctuaries(p. 251)
• Bibliography(p. 257)
• Glossary(p. 263)
• Index(p. 267)

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CHOICE Review

Emerson (Open Univ., UK) offers an expanded edition of her successful Greek Sanctuaries (2007). Written for students new to the subject, the book offers an overview of temple architecture and function in Greece and its western colonies. The book retains the appeal of the first edition: the prose is crisp, the chapters are brief, and there is a glossary of technical terms. Fundamentally unchanged from the first edition are the introductory sequence of five chapters covering the basics of temple design and function and the ten chapters that follow, a series of case studies focused on Olympia, Delphi, Bassae, and Athens (six chapters on the Acropolis and its classical buildings, plus one on the Hephaestion). New in the second edition are two chapters detailing the temples at Paestum and Akragas. The book still slights the Greek east. Navigating the bibliography will challenge undergraduates because it covers the entire book; organizing the bibliography by chapter would have been far more helpful for the audience the book addresses. The black-and-white illustrations are of good quality, though one wishes they were larger in size and more numerous. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. --Elisha Ann Dumser, University of Akron

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Mary Emerson currently teaches Art History at the Open University, UK and previously taught Classics at Norwich School, UK.