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1 - #Leagros: An Athenian Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2021

By
H.A. Shapiro
Edited by
Jenifer Neils  and
Dylan K. Rogers
Jenifer Neils
Affiliation:
American School of Classical Studies, Athens
Dylan K. Rogers
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Summary

This chapter traces the life, both public and private, and the career of an Athenian aristocrat of the Late Archaic and Early Classical period, through a combination of textual and archaeological sources, including a major dedication in the Agora and inscriptions on vases praising his beauty in his youth.

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LeagrosTwelve Godskalos inscriptionostraka
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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens , pp. 7 - 18
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

The most convenient, succinct summary of the evidence for the family of Leagros is Davies 1971. The vases inscribed Leagros kalos are catalogued in an Appendix to Beazley 1963, and their significance is discussed by Robinson and Fluck 1937, Boardman 1992, and Shapiro 2004. Leagros’ role in the traditional chronology of red-figure vase-painting is challenged by Francis and Vickers 1981 and, more convincingly, by Rotroff 2009. The Altar of the Twelve Gods and the Leagros Base have a long publication history, best summarized, with new observations, by Gadbery 1992.

Bibliography

Additional resources to accompany this chapter can be found at: www.cambridge.org/NeilsRogers

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Brenne, S. 2018. Die Ostraka vom Kerameikos. Kerameikos 20. Berlin.Google Scholar
Davies, J.K. 1971. Athenian Propertied Families. Oxford.Google Scholar
Francis, E.D., and Vickers, M. 1981. “Leagros Kalos.” Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society 207: 97–136.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gadbery, L.M. 1992. “The Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora: A Revised View.” Hesperia 91: 447–489.Google Scholar
Raubitschek, A.E. 1939. “Leagros.” Hesperia 8: 155–164.Google Scholar
Robinson, D.M., and Fluck, E.J. 1937. A Study of the Greek Love Names. Baltimore.Google Scholar
Rotroff, S.I. 2009. “Early Red-Figure in Context.” In Athenian Potters and Painters, Vol. ii, eds. Oakley, J.H. and Palagia, O., Oxford, 150–160.Google Scholar
Shapiro, H.A. 2004. “Leagros the Satyr.” In Greek Vases: Images, Contexts, Controversies, ed. Marconi, C., Leiden, 1–11.Google Scholar

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