Athens: A Cultural and Literary HistorySignal Books, 2004 - 257 páginas Michael Llewellyn Smith describes the history and culture of Athens, site of the 2004 Olympic Games and city of monuments enduring, purged and restored. Exploring its streets and squares, he reveals layers of Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine history, elegant Bavarian neoclassical buildings, and a modern city of concrete and glass, metro and tram. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MARKETS Kiosks Holes in THE GROUND SOUND | 7 |
CHAPTER | 31 |
CHAPTER THREE | 48 |
LANDSCAPING THE ACROPOLIS | 58 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 75 |
CHAPTER | 87 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 101 |
CHAPTER NINE | 127 |
CHAPTER | 146 |
OLYMPIC ATHENS | 163 |
CHAPTER TWELVE | 177 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | 194 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | 208 |
APPENDIX | 221 |
APPENDIX | 238 |
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