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Athens

A Cultural and Literary History

Athens( )
Author: Smith, Michael Llewellyn
Series title:Cities of the Imagination Ser.
ISBN:978-1-902669-81-6
Publication Date:Apr 2004
Publisher:C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $29.95
Book Description:

Modern Athens is a bustling, overgrown city, continually coming to terms with its illustrious past. Dominated by the Parthenon, the world-famous symbol of classical antiquity, it has been touched by every aspect of Greece's turbulent history, suffering invasions and occupations, sieges, division and dictatorship, and has grown dramatically into a metropolis of four million people. Mixing old and new, the Greek capital is a treasure house of eastern Orthodox and western culture, rich in...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: History / Ancient / Greece
History / Europe / Greece
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13 x 20 cm



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