Athens : city of wisdom / Bruce Clark.
Record details
- ISBN: 1643138758
- ISBN: 9781643138756
- ISBN: 1639363645 : PAP
- ISBN: 9781639363643 : PAP
- Physical Description: 614 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps ; 24cm
- Publisher: New York ; Pegasus Books, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "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. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes index. |
Summary, etc.: | "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."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Athens (Greece) > History. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Terryville Public Library | 938 CLA (Text) | 34028153254215 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |