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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Clark, Bruce, 1958-     Subjects     Athens (Greece) -- History.     Athens (Greece) -- Civilization.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Clark, Bruce, 1958-       by title:      Athens : city of wis...       by call number:      938.5 C592a     Search the Web     Clark, Bruce, 1958-     Athens (Greece) -- History.     Athens (Greece) -- Civilization.       MARC Display

Athens : city of wisdom / Bruce Clark. by Clark, Bruce, 1958- Pegasus Books, 2022. Call #: 938.5 C592a Subjects Athens (Greece) -- History.   Athens (Greece) -- Civilization. ISBN:  9781643138756 (hc) Alternate title:  City of wisdom Description:  614 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm. Notes:  "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:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "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 of turbulence and quietness. From the legal reforms of the lawmaker Solon in the sixth century BCE to the travails of early twenty-first century Athens, as it struggles with the legacy of the economic crises of the 2000s, Clark brings the city's history to life, evoking its cultural richness and political resonance in this epic, kaleidoscopic history."--Publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 C592a Adult books Trace Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 C592a Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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