Athens: City of Wisdom Clark Bruce
A sweeping narrative 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…
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A sweeping narrative 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 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.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
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