The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its'looted'Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they In a revised and updated edition,Mary Beard,award winning writer,reviewer and leading Cambridge classicist,tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon,the temple of the virgin goddess Athena,the divine patroness of ancient Athens.
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Publisher: Profile Books LtdISBN: 9781846683497Number of pages: 240Weight: 199 gDimensions: 200 x 128 x 20 mmEdition: Main
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Sophisticated,engaging...she unravels the intricacies with the light and deft touch which characterises the whole book...something for classicists and laymen alikeThe classical world still rouses fierce passions,and books like this help to make the study of ancient Greece urgent and relevant
Mary Beard
Arguably Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University and classics editor of the TLS. Amongst her best known publications are SPQR,Pompeii (accompanying the BBC television series of the same name),Confronting the Classics and It's a Don's Life (based on her regular column for The Times.
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