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The Archaeological Society at Athens Library Series, No. 227. Soft cover, 21 cm, 104 pp., ill.: 79 figs. Translated into English by Timothy Cullen.A book on the cults of the Messenian people's semi-mythical and semi-historical progenitors (such as Aristomenes and Messene, their first queen), and of historical founders of the city (such as Epameinondas). The author also considers the cult of the Athenian hero Theseus, because his statue in the gymnasium of the city shows a special interest on him; also discusses the heroization of other "noble" Messenians (such as Damophon, Saithidas, and others). // CONTENTS: Ancestors and founder heroes - The cult of Aristomenes - Epameinondas as hero founder - Theseus and the ephebes - Grave monuments inside the walls - Statues of heroized dead - The gymnasium, the ephebes and the monuments - Selected bibliography.
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