Athens A Cultural and Literary History |
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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
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionModern 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 the visual arts, architecture and poetry.