Athens /

• Main Author: McGregor, James H. (James Harvey), 1946- (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014
• Subjects: Πολεοδομικός σχεδιασμός > Ελλάδα > Αθήνα > Ιστορία; Ιστορικά κτήρια > Ελλάδα > Αθήνα; Αθήνα (Ελλάδα) > Περιγραφή και ταξίδια; Αθήνα (Ελλάδα) > Ιστορία; Αθήνα (Ελλάδα) > Κτήρια, οικοδομήματα κλπ.

"Revered as the birthplace of Western thought and democracy, Athens is much more than an open-air museum filled with crumbling monuments to ancient glory. Athens takes readers on a journey from the classical city-state to today's contemporary capital, revealing a world-famous metropolis th...

Table of Contents:

• On the rock
• The Acropolis in the fifth century
• The Athenian Agora
• On the perimeter
• Hellenistic and Roman Athens
• Late antique and medieval Athens
• The War for Independence and the creation of a national capital
• Modern Athens.