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The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia, Vol. 1: The Buildings and Their Contents
By (Author) Carl William Blegen
Edited by Marion Rawson
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
History of architecture
Architectural structure and design
938.9
Hardback
472
Width 216mm, Height 279mm
1361g
Homer's King Nestor of "sandy Pylas" passes from legend into history in this first volume of the report of excavations on a hill called Englianos in Messenia, conducted by the Archaeological Expedition of the University of Cincinnati. The palace with its contents and the surrounding lower town indicate that this was an administrative center and the