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Dear colleagues, <br>
<br>
I would like to announce the recent publication of my monograph on <br>
"Athena, Göttin von Athen. Kult und Mythos auf der Akropolis bis in
klassische Zeit"<br>
Yes, it is in that language. There are summaries in English <i>kai
sta ellenika</i>.<br>
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Göttin
von Athen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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und
Mythos auf der Akropolis bis in klassische Zeit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">(Wiener
Forschungen
zur Archäologie 16)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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978-3-85161-176-2
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S/W-Abb., 29,7 x 21
cm; kartoniert <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">Diese
Studie untersucht
die Interessen, mit denen die Athener als Kultgemeinschaft
ihre Stadtgöttin auf
der Akropolis verehrten. Der zeitliche Rahmen wird vom
Einsetzen von Votiven
für die Göttin im frühen 8. Jh. v. Chr. und der Fertigstellung
ihres jüngsten
Tempels am Ende des 5. Jhs. v. Chr. Abgesteckt.<span
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</span>Im Mittelpunkt der Überlegungen stehen die folgenden
Bereiche:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
Arial;font-variant:small-caps;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:
Ignore">I.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman
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font-variant:small-caps"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">Die
Gestaltung
des Heiligtums mit den acht Tempeln, die für Athena im Laufe von
drei Jahrhunderten auf dem Plateau geplant bzw. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">gebaut wurden.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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</span>Die
Bilder, die sich die Kultgemeinschaft von ihrer Göttin machte,
besonders die
Statuen in den Tempeln und die Promachos im Freien, neue
Bildentwürfe und die
Thematisierung der Göttin als Kultempfängerin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Die
Feste für Athena sowie die Erzählungen und bildlichen
Darstellungen der beiden
Urmythen Athens, die Erdgeburt des Ziehkindes der Athena und die
Verteidigung
Athens gegen Invasoren. Von beiden Mythen gibt es Versionen, die
sich als
Aktualisierungen erweisen.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">In
einem diachronen Kapitel
werden die im Laufe der Jahrhunderte festzustellenden
Veränderungen und
Neuerungen als Folgen eines sich wandelnden Blickes auf die
Göttin dargestellt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">This
book
investigates the interests behind the Athenians’ worship of
their main goddess on
the Acropolis as a cult community. It ranges chronologically
from the
appearance of votives for the goddess in the early 8th century
B.C. to the
completion of her latest temple at the end of the 5th century
B.C. The study
focuses on the following issues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:
auto;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">I.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The
formation of the sanctuary with the eight temples that were
planned or built on
the plateau over the course of three centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:
auto;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">II.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The
images that the cult community made of their goddess, especially
the statues in
the temples and the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Promachos</i>
outdoors,
innovations in iconography, and depictions of the goddess as a
cult recipient.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">III.<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The
festivals for Athena, and the tales and visual representations
of both charter
myths of Athens (the birth of Athena’s foster child from the
earth and the
defense of Athens against invaders). Both myths were retold in
updated versions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">A diachronic chapter
argues that the changes and
innovations which can be observed in the course of the centuries
are the
consequences of a changing perspective on the goddess.<br>
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Best,<br>
Marion Meyer<br>
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Univ.Prof. Dr. Marion Meyer
Institut für Klassische Archäologie
Universität Wien
Franz Klein-Gasse 1
A 1190 Wien
Tel. +43-1-4277-40602 (40601 Sekr.)
FAX +43-1-4277-9406
e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Marion.Meyer@univie.ac.at">Marion.Meyer@univie.ac.at</a>
Homepage: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://klass-archaeologie.univie.ac.at/">http://klass-archaeologie.univie.ac.at/</a></pre>
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