The Argive Heraeum

• Book ID: 124022255
• Publisher: Archaeological Institute of America
• Year: 1902
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 509 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0002-9114
• DOI: 10.2307/496668

✦ Synopsis

THE site of the famous sanctuary of Hera at Argos was excavated by members of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, under the leadership of Professor Waldstein, during the years between 1891 and 1895. Since that time, Professor Waldstein and his collaborators, most of whom were also associated with him in the work of excavation, have been busily engaged in preparing their finds for publication, with the result that the first volume has already appeared and the second is promised for the near future. We fulfil the promise made in the last number of the Journal by publishing here a brief description of the work, and especially of the contents of the first volume. The contributors to the first volume include the editor, Professor Waldstein, who has written the General Introduction and the chapter which deals with the Marble Statuary; Dr.