Broneer,Oscar. — Temple of Poseidon.

Princeton, N.J., American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1971. XIV,188 pp. 147 b./w. figs on unnumbered plts, [4] plts with col. ills & 38 b./w. plts. Orig. hardcover (gray cloth). 4to. (Isthmia. Excavations by the University of Chicago under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Vol. I).A fundamental scientific work within classical archaeology. The book is a detailed architectural and historical study of the Sanctuary and Temple of Poseidon in Isthmia (near the Corinthian Isthmus in Greece). Because very little physically remains of the original temples at the Isthmia site, Broneer performed painstaking work (archaeological 'detective work') to reconstruct everything. In this work, it provides a crystal-clear picture of how an important Greek sanctuary developed over the centuries, and how people in antiquity thought about religion and temple building. The book is a detailed architectural and historical study of the Sanctuary and Temple of Poseidon in Isthmia (near the Corinthian Isthmus in Greece). - Broneer investigated two temples built on the same foundations: an archaic temple around 700 BC and a later classical successor from the 5th century BC. The book contains accurate reconstructions of, among other things, the roof of the archaic temple. Specific elements are discussed in depth, such as the perirrhanterion (a stone washbasin for rituals), traces of color on ancient architectural fragments, and the units of measurement (foot measurements) used by the builders. - Text in Englihs.