Merle K Langdon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1054746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Merle K Langdon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Merle K |
| FAMILY NAME | Langdon |
| SIGNATURE | LANGDON M K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Knoxville College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mikon's Hekatompedon: An Architectural Graffito from Attica
Among the more than 2,000 ancient engravings on marble outcrops in hills north and east of Vari, Attica, there appears a remarkable drawing of a building. The structure, which seems to be a temple, is identified by its inscription as “the Hekatompedon” and was produced by an individual named Mikon. This note presents the drawing and the inscription. Following a discussion of the peculiarities of the graffito and its relevance for our understandin…
Archaic Ship Graffiti from Southern Attica, Greece: Typology and preliminary contextual analysis
Since 1994 almost 2000 ancient rupestral engravings, both verbal and pictorial, have been discovered in southern Attica. These include about 200 depictions of warships, merchantmen, and smaller vessels of various types. These engravings are dated to the 6th century BC on the basis of their style and the formal characteristics of their associated inscriptions. They contain the earliest-known labelled images of the Greek ship types triakonter, pent…
Mountains in Greek Religion
Hymettiana III: The Boundary Markers of Alepovouni
The mortared towers of central Greece: An Attic supplement
This study is a description and discussion of all known examples of mortar-and-rubble towers in Attica, extending P. Lock's survey of central Greece in BSA 81 (1986). Attic towers of this type are generally free-standing and located in places of agricultural rather than strategic importance. In this, as well as in the lack of pretension in their architectural form, they conform to the mortared towers of Boiotia studied by Lock, and reinforce his …
The Athenian Agora. Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens XIX. Inscriptions
BEFORE THE AGORA EXCAVATIONS STARTED, the corpus of Attic inscriptions was unduly biased to the Acropolis, where treaties and honorary decrees present the Athenian state on display. Display was by no means foreign to the Agora, above all in the long series of texts honouring prytaneis, but it was also a place for texts concerning the state at work. Many of these were for temporary exhibition only, but some texts were put on stone. This volume giv…
The Athenian Agora, Vol. XIX: Inscriptions, Horoi, Poletai Records, Leases of Public Lands
Two Hoplite Runners at Sounion
Hymettiana II: An Ancient Quarry on Mt. Hymettos
In antiquity marble quarries on the western side of Mt. Hymettos supplied builders with useful material. These quarries, many of which are still preserved and visible today from Athens, have received scant attention from archaeologists. Even less attention has been paid to the eastern side of the mountain and the possibility that stone deposits there were exploited in ancient times. This article describes an abortive trial quarry in a zone of dol…
An Attic Decree Concerning Oropos
N JULY, 1957, at the place of construction of a ticket booth for the west entrance to the A Agora Excavations from Apostle Paul Street, an inscribed stele (I 6793) was found reused as a manhole cover. Preliminary examination by the Agora staff just after finding led to its classification as a poletai record. The compact grid and small lettering corresponded to several known poletai documents, and some words in the text suggested leases. For the n…
Hymettiana I
The Grave of Posthon at Sounion
Some Attic Walls
The Farm of Timesios: Rock-Cut Inscriptions in South Attica
Merle K. Langdon, L. Vance Watrous, The Farm of Timesios: Rock-Cut Inscriptions in South Attica, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1977), pp. 162-177
A Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos
This is the final publication of a small open-air sanctuary of Zeus, on Mt Hymettus above Athens, excavated between the Wars by Carl Blegen and Rodney Young. The finds reflect two periods of activity: 950-575 B.C. (many domestic cups and jugs, burnt animal bones), and the decades on either side of A.D. 400 ( some 120 late Roman lamps). The most significant find, however, was of 170 graffiti indicating a surprisingly high level of literacy in Atti…
A Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos
This is the final publication of a small open-air sanctuary of Zeus, on Mt Hymettus above Athens, excavated between the Wars by Carl Blegen and Rodney Young. The finds reflect two periods of activity: 950-575 B.C. (many domestic cups and jugs, burnt animal bones), and the decades on either side of A.D. 400 ( some 120 late Roman lamps). The most significant find, however, was of 170 graffiti indicating a surprisingly high level of literacy in Atti…
The Dipylon Oinochoe Again
Two Epigraphical Notes
The Farm of Timesios: Rock-Cut Inscriptions in South Attica
Merle K. Langdon, L. Vance Watrous, The Farm of Timesios: Rock-Cut Inscriptions in South Attica, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1977), pp. 162-177
Some Attic Walls
Archaic Ship Graffiti from Southern Attica, Greece: Typology and preliminary contextual analysis
Since 1994 almost 2000 ancient rupestral engravings, both verbal and pictorial, have been discovered in southern Attica. These include about 200 depictions of warships, merchantmen, and smaller vessels of various types. These engravings are dated to the 6th century BC on the basis of their style and the formal characteristics of their associated inscriptions. They contain the earliest-known labelled images of the Greek ship types triakonter, pent…
Hymettiana III: The Boundary Markers of Alepovouni
Mountains in Greek Religion
The Grave of Posthon at Sounion
Two Epigraphical Notes
The Dipylon Oinochoe Again
A Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos
This is the final publication of a small open-air sanctuary of Zeus, on Mt Hymettus above Athens, excavated between the Wars by Carl Blegen and Rodney Young. The finds reflect two periods of activity: 950-575 B.C. (many domestic cups and jugs, burnt animal bones), and the decades on either side of A.D. 400 ( some 120 late Roman lamps). The most significant find, however, was of 170 graffiti indicating a surprisingly high level of literacy in Atti…
The Farm of Timesios: Rock-Cut Inscriptions in South Attica
Merle K. Langdon, L. Vance Watrous, The Farm of Timesios: Rock-Cut Inscriptions in South Attica, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1977), pp. 162-177
A Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos
This is the final publication of a small open-air sanctuary of Zeus, on Mt Hymettus above Athens, excavated between the Wars by Carl Blegen and Rodney Young. The finds reflect two periods of activity: 950-575 B.C. (many domestic cups and jugs, burnt animal bones), and the decades on either side of A.D. 400 ( some 120 late Roman lamps). The most significant find, however, was of 170 graffiti indicating a surprisingly high level of literacy in Atti…
Some Attic Walls
Hymettiana I
The Grave of Posthon at Sounion
An Attic Decree Concerning Oropos
N JULY, 1957, at the place of construction of a ticket booth for the west entrance to the A Agora Excavations from Apostle Paul Street, an inscribed stele (I 6793) was found reused as a manhole cover. Preliminary examination by the Agora staff just after finding led to its classification as a poletai record. The compact grid and small lettering corresponded to several known poletai documents, and some words in the text suggested leases. For the n…
Hymettiana II: An Ancient Quarry on Mt. Hymettos
In antiquity marble quarries on the western side of Mt. Hymettos supplied builders with useful material. These quarries, many of which are still preserved and visible today from Athens, have received scant attention from archaeologists. Even less attention has been paid to the eastern side of the mountain and the possibility that stone deposits there were exploited in ancient times. This article describes an abortive trial quarry in a zone of dol…
Two Hoplite Runners at Sounion
The Athenian Agora, Vol. XIX: Inscriptions, Horoi, Poletai Records, Leases of Public Lands
The Athenian Agora. Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens XIX. Inscriptions
BEFORE THE AGORA EXCAVATIONS STARTED, the corpus of Attic inscriptions was unduly biased to the Acropolis, where treaties and honorary decrees present the Athenian state on display. Display was by no means foreign to the Agora, above all in the long series of texts honouring prytaneis, but it was also a place for texts concerning the state at work. Many of these were for temporary exhibition only, but some texts were put on stone. This volume giv…
The mortared towers of central Greece: An Attic supplement
This study is a description and discussion of all known examples of mortar-and-rubble towers in Attica, extending P. Lock's survey of central Greece in BSA 81 (1986). Attic towers of this type are generally free-standing and located in places of agricultural rather than strategic importance. In this, as well as in the lack of pretension in their architectural form, they conform to the mortared towers of Boiotia studied by Lock, and reinforce his …
Hymettiana III: The Boundary Markers of Alepovouni
Mountains in Greek Religion
Archaic Ship Graffiti from Southern Attica, Greece: Typology and preliminary contextual analysis
Since 1994 almost 2000 ancient rupestral engravings, both verbal and pictorial, have been discovered in southern Attica. These include about 200 depictions of warships, merchantmen, and smaller vessels of various types. These engravings are dated to the 6th century BC on the basis of their style and the formal characteristics of their associated inscriptions. They contain the earliest-known labelled images of the Greek ship types triakonter, pent…
Mikon's Hekatompedon: An Architectural Graffito from Attica
Among the more than 2,000 ancient engravings on marble outcrops in hills north and east of Vari, Attica, there appears a remarkable drawing of a building. The structure, which seems to be a temple, is identified by its inscription as “the Hekatompedon” and was produced by an individual named Mikon. This note presents the drawing and the inscription. Following a discussion of the peculiarities of the graffito and its relevance for our understandin…
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