Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Athens: An Introduction
- 1 #Leagros: An Athenian Life
- Part I The Urban Fabric
- Part II Inhabitants
- Part III Business/Commerce
- Part IV Culture and Sport
- Part V Politics
- Reception
- Index
- References
1 - #Leagros: An Athenian Life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Athens: An Introduction
- 1 #Leagros: An Athenian Life
- Part I The Urban Fabric
- Part II Inhabitants
- Part III Business/Commerce
- Part IV Culture and Sport
- Part V Politics
- Reception
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter traces the life, both public and private, and the career of an Athenian aristocrat of the Late Archaic and Early Classical period, through a combination of textual and archaeological sources, including a major dedication in the Agora and inscriptions on vases praising his beauty in his youth.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens , pp. 7 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
References
Further Reading
The most convenient, succinct summary of the evidence for the family of Leagros is Davies 1971. The vases inscribed Leagros kalos are catalogued in an Appendix to Beazley 1963, and their significance is discussed by Robinson and Fluck 1937, Boardman 1992, and Shapiro 2004. Leagros’ role in the traditional chronology of red-figure vase-painting is challenged by Francis and Vickers 1981 and, more convincingly, by Rotroff 2009. The Altar of the Twelve Gods and the Leagros Base have a long publication history, best summarized, with new observations, by Gadbery 1992.
Bibliography
Additional resources to accompany this chapter can be found at: www.cambridge.org/NeilsRogers