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Athens : city of wisdom/ Bruce Clark.

By:

Clark, Bruce, 1958- [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Head of Zeus, 2022.Description: 614 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781788548168

Subject(s):

Athens (Greece) -- History

DDC classification:

949.512

Summary: "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.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	949.512 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011286

Total holds: 0

"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.