Praise for the previous edition:
"Wry and imaginative, this gem of a book deconstructs the most
famous building in Western history." Benjamin Schwarz, "The
Atlantic"
"In her brief but compendious volume Beard] says that the more
we find out about this mysterious structure, the less we know. Her
book is especially valuable because it is up to date on the
restoration the Parthenon has been undergoing since 1986." Gary
Wills, "New York Review of Books"
At once an entrancing cultural history and a congenial guide
for tourists, armchair travelers, and amateur archaeologists alike,
this book conducts readers through the storied past and towering
presence of the most famous building in the world. In the revised
version of her classic study, Mary Beard now includes the story of
the long-awaited new museum opened in 2009 to display the
sculptures from the building that still remain in Greece, as well
as the controversies that have surrounded it, and asks whether it
makes a difference to the "Elgin Marble debate." "
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