Athens : city of wisdom /
"Even on the most smog-bound of days, the rocky outcrop on which the Acropolis stands is visible above the sprawling roof-scape of the Greek capital. Athens presents one of the most recognizable and symbolically potent panoramas of any of the world's cities: the pillars and pediments of th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
2022.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
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| Summary: | "Even on the most smog-bound of days, the rocky outcrop on which the Acropolis stands is visible above the sprawling roof-scape of the Greek capital. Athens presents one of the most recognizable and symbolically potent panoramas of any of the world's cities: the pillars and pediments of the Parthenon--the temple dedicated to Athena, goddess of wisdom, that crowns the Acropolis--dominate a city whose name is synonymous for many with civilization itself."-- |
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| Item Description: | "Few places have enjoyed a history so rich in artistic creativity and the making of ideas as Athens; or one so curiously patterned by alternating cycles of turbulence and peace. Writing with scholarly rigor and undisguised affection, Bruce Clark brings three thousand years of Athenian history vividly to life." -frontispiece. |
| Physical Description: | 614 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781643138756 1643138758 |