Heracles to Alexander the Great
Subtitle: treasures from the royal capital of Macedon, a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy
By: a collaboration between the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities ; [exhibition curator and editor, Yannis Galanakis ; catalogue, Declan McCarthy... et al.].
Contributors: Ashmolean Museum; Greece. 17. Ephoreia Proïstorikōn kai Klasikōn Archaiotētōn
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum of Art Archaeology
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781854442543
Subjects: Ausgrabung; Exhibitions; Macedonian Art; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; History
Other titles: Treasures from the royal capital of Macedon, a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Apr. 7-Aug. 29, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-270).
Table of contents: title: The legend of Macedon: a Hellenic kingdom in the age of democracy  -- Angeliki Kottaridi; title: Macedon, c.650-336 BC  -- Robin Lane Fox; title: Royalty and democracy: the case of Macedonia  -- Miltiades Hatzopoulos; title: Aegae: 160 years of archaeological research  -- Yannis Galanakis; title: The Mycenaean presence in Macedonia: new evidence from the region of Emathia  -- Elena Kountouri; title: Trade and exchange in the Macedonian court  -- Ioannes Graekos; title: War and hunting: the world of the Macedonian king and his companions  -- Ioannes Graekos; title: Queens, princesses and high priestesses: the role of women at the Macedonian court  -- Angeliki Kottaridi; title: The occupants of Tomb II at Vergina: why Arrhidaios and Eurydice must be excluded  -- Jonathan Musgrave and John Prag; title: Burial customs and beliefs in the royal necropolis of Aegae  -- Angeliki Kottaridi; title: Aegae: the Macedonian metropolis  -- Angeliki Kottaridi; title: The royal banquet: a capital institution  -- Angeliki Kottaridi; title: Macedonian metallurgy: an expression of royalty  -- Stella Drougou; title: The royal presence in the agora of Aegae  -- Chrysoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli; title: Macedonian coinage before Alexander  -- Sophia Kremydi; title: Painting at the Macedonian court  -- Harikleia Brekoulaki; title: Pella: the 'greatest of the cities in Macedonia' : the new capital of the kingdom of Macedon  -- Maria Lilimpaki-Akamati; title: From basileion to kaisareion: the Roman heritage of Philip's palace at Aegae  -- Susan Walker; title: The palace of Philip II in Aegae -- Angeliki Kottaridi.