Publication Reviews/May 17, 2019

The Tower of the Winds in Athens

The Tower of the Winds in Athens lead image

Webb's book provides a careful assessment of the Tower that often takes issue with or expands upon Kienast's and other scholars' interpretations of various aspects of the monument. More importantly, it attempts to assess its social life on a programmatically diachronic basis.

Pamela A. Webb. The Tower of the Winds in Athens: Greeks, Romans, Christians, and Muslims: Two Millennia of Continual Use. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, 270. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2017.

From Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). Review by Nassos Papalexandrou, The University of Texas at Austin