Lost Worlds of Ancient and Modern Greece : Gilbert Bagnani: the Adventures of a Young Italo-Canadian Archaeologist in Greece, 1921-1924.
Begg, D. J. Ian.
Lost Worlds of Ancient and Modern Greece : Gilbert Bagnani: the Adventures of a Young Italo-Canadian Archaeologist in Greece, 1921-1924. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (354 pages) - Archaeological Lives Series . - Archaeological Lives Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents Page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Timeline -- Maps -- Prologue -- Odysseus vs. Achilles -- 1. Vengeance -- 2. Back in Time -- 1. Italian School -- 2. Italian School and Acropolis from Olympieion -- 3. Imposing Ruins -- 4. Marble Sepulchres -- 3. Roman Agora -- 5. The Arms Merchant and the Secret Agent -- 6. Foreign Correspondent -- 7. The Oracle of Apollo and St. Paul -- 4. Delphi Marmaria tholos and treasuries -- 5. Gilbert Bagnani overseeing dig on South Slope -- 8. The Renaissance at a Byzantine Outpost -- 6. Mistra Pantanassa monastery -- 7. Mistra Ayia Sophia before restoration -- 8. Mt Ithome Monastery of Vourkano left to right: Gilbert Bagnani, monk, Doro Levi -- 9. Olympia Temple of Hera -- 10. Naupaktos harbour -- 11. Arta Ayia Theodora with bell tower -- 12. Orchomenos Skripou church -- 9. Exposed -- 10. In the Land of the Knights of Rhodes -- 11. The King of Kos -- 12. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea -- 13. Smyrna and its harbor from Mt. Pagos -- 13. Monasteries in the Air -- 14. In the Minotaur's Labyrinth on Crete -- 15. Inferno -- 16. Executions -- 17. The Pharaoh's Curse -- 18. The Castles of the Giant Cyclopes -- 14. Left to right: Florence Bagnani, Verschoyle Blake and Gilbert Bagnani -- 19. A Surviving Byzantine Republic -- 20. Karpathos: The Island of Poseidon -- 21. Paradise Lost -- 22. Mission to the Underworld: Spying for Mussolini -- 23. Lost Greek Empires -- 24. Land of the Golden Fleece -- Epilogue -- List of Figures -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
This book relates three years (1921-1924) in the life of Gilbert Bagnani, a young Italian archaeologist in Greece, based on his letters to his mother in Rome, at first as a non-partisan observer of, and later as an active participant in, some of the most tumultuous events in modern Greek history.
9781789694536
Archaeology-History-20th century.
Greece-History-1917-1944.
Bagnani, Gilbert,-1900-1985.
Electronic books.
CC75 .B444 2020
930.1028
Lost Worlds of Ancient and Modern Greece : Gilbert Bagnani: the Adventures of a Young Italo-Canadian Archaeologist in Greece, 1921-1924. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (354 pages) - Archaeological Lives Series . - Archaeological Lives Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents Page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Timeline -- Maps -- Prologue -- Odysseus vs. Achilles -- 1. Vengeance -- 2. Back in Time -- 1. Italian School -- 2. Italian School and Acropolis from Olympieion -- 3. Imposing Ruins -- 4. Marble Sepulchres -- 3. Roman Agora -- 5. The Arms Merchant and the Secret Agent -- 6. Foreign Correspondent -- 7. The Oracle of Apollo and St. Paul -- 4. Delphi Marmaria tholos and treasuries -- 5. Gilbert Bagnani overseeing dig on South Slope -- 8. The Renaissance at a Byzantine Outpost -- 6. Mistra Pantanassa monastery -- 7. Mistra Ayia Sophia before restoration -- 8. Mt Ithome Monastery of Vourkano left to right: Gilbert Bagnani, monk, Doro Levi -- 9. Olympia Temple of Hera -- 10. Naupaktos harbour -- 11. Arta Ayia Theodora with bell tower -- 12. Orchomenos Skripou church -- 9. Exposed -- 10. In the Land of the Knights of Rhodes -- 11. The King of Kos -- 12. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea -- 13. Smyrna and its harbor from Mt. Pagos -- 13. Monasteries in the Air -- 14. In the Minotaur's Labyrinth on Crete -- 15. Inferno -- 16. Executions -- 17. The Pharaoh's Curse -- 18. The Castles of the Giant Cyclopes -- 14. Left to right: Florence Bagnani, Verschoyle Blake and Gilbert Bagnani -- 19. A Surviving Byzantine Republic -- 20. Karpathos: The Island of Poseidon -- 21. Paradise Lost -- 22. Mission to the Underworld: Spying for Mussolini -- 23. Lost Greek Empires -- 24. Land of the Golden Fleece -- Epilogue -- List of Figures -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
This book relates three years (1921-1924) in the life of Gilbert Bagnani, a young Italian archaeologist in Greece, based on his letters to his mother in Rome, at first as a non-partisan observer of, and later as an active participant in, some of the most tumultuous events in modern Greek history.
9781789694536
Archaeology-History-20th century.
Greece-History-1917-1944.
Bagnani, Gilbert,-1900-1985.
Electronic books.
CC75 .B444 2020
930.1028