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Athens - A History (Hardcover)
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Athens - A History (Hardcover)
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A sweeping history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story
of the birthplace of Western civilization. Even on the most
smog-bound of days, the rocky outcrop on which the Acropolis stands
is visible above the sprawling roofscape of the Greek capital.
Athens presents one of the most recognizable and symbolically
freighted 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. It is
hard not to feel the hand of history in such a place. The
birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy and theatre, Athens'
importance cannot be understated. Few cities have enjoyed a history
so rich in artistic creativity and the making of ideas; or one so
curiously patterned by alternating cycles of turbulence and
quietness. From the legal reforms of the lawmaker Solon in the
sixth century BCE to the travails of early twenty-first century
Athens, as it struggles with the legacy of the economic crises of
the 2000s, Clark brings the city's history to life, evoking its
cultural richness and political resonance in this epic,
kaleidoscopic history.
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