Athens :
Clark, Bruce, 1958-
Athens : city of wisdom/ Bruce Clark. - London : Head of Zeus, 2022. - 614 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
"An Apollo book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Athens: City of Wisdom tells the tale of a city that occupies a unique place in the cultural memory of the West. 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 quietness. Writing with scholarly rigour and undisguised affection, Bruce Clark brings three thousand years of Athenian history - From the Age of Pericles to the Summer Olympics of 2004 - vividly to life." -- Back cover.
9781788548168
Athens (Greece)--History
949.512
Athens : city of wisdom/ Bruce Clark. - London : Head of Zeus, 2022. - 614 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
"An Apollo book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Athens: City of Wisdom tells the tale of a city that occupies a unique place in the cultural memory of the West. 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 quietness. Writing with scholarly rigour and undisguised affection, Bruce Clark brings three thousand years of Athenian history - From the Age of Pericles to the Summer Olympics of 2004 - vividly to life." -- Back cover.
9781788548168
Athens (Greece)--History
949.512