A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece: During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806

Edward Dodwell

A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece: During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
28 March 2013
Pages
610
ISBN
9781108059992

A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece: During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806

Edward Dodwell

The archaeologist Edward Dodwell (c.1776-1832) published this two-volume work in 1819. Elected an honorary member of Berlin’s Royal Academy in 1816, Dodwell had been educated at Cambridge, toured France and Germany, and lived in Rome and Naples. Writing extensively on Greek antiquity, he made three tours of Greece, where he produced hundreds of drawings, recording in particular the Athenian Acropolis and the city walls of Argos. He also collected coins and discovered or acquired many valuable artefacts, notably bronzes and vases. Including reproductions of his accomplished illustrations, Volume 2 covers the end of his tour of 1805 and the whole of his final tour of 1806. Dodwell touches on the culture of contemporary Greece, covering also the Echinos ruins, the pass of Thermopylae, and the artefacts of Corinth. His detailed account, mixing travelogue with serious scholarship, remains of interest and relevance to classical archaeologists.

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