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Author:

Miller, Stephen G. (Stephen Gaylord), 1942-

Title:

The Berkeley Plato : from neglected relic to ancient treasure : an archaeological detective story / Stephen G. Miller ; with an appendix by John Twilley.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xvi, 92 p., [56] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Plato.
Hermae.
Inscriptions, Greek
Portrait sculpture, Classical--Tivoli.--Tivoli.
Portrait sculpture, Classical--Berkeley.--Berkeley.
Classical antiquities--History--Berkeley--Berkeley--History--20th century.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology--History--20th century.
Hermen.
Klassieke oudheid.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

History of acquisition and the first century in California -- Description of the artifact -- Pertinence of the head -- The inscription -- The Seven Sages -- The Tivoli Plato -- The Berkeley Plato and the Renaissance -- Portraits of Plato -- The Berkeley Plato and the Akademy -- Ribbons -- Plato and ribbons -- Why Plato and ribbons -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: The square-omicron and square-theta portrait herms from Tivoli -- Appendix B: Technical and scientific analysis / by John Twilley.

Series:

The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

ISBN:

0520258339 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520258334 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262893252

LCCN:

2009018650

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)