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The Parthenon
Mary Beard
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Description for The Parthenon
paperback. 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? This work tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddess Athena, the divine patroness of ancient Athens. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AMN; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846683497
SKU
9781846683497
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About Mary Beard
Mary Beard is a professor of classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has world-wide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, The Roman Triumph, The Parthenon and Confronting the Classics. Her blog has been collected in the books It's a Don's Life and All in a Don's ... Read more
Reviews for The Parthenon
Sophisticated, engaging ... she unravels the intricacies with the light and deft touch which characterises the whole book ... something for classicists and laymen alike
Gavanndra Hodge
Independent on Sunday
The classical world still rouses fierce passions, and books like this help to make the study of ancient Greece urgent and relevant
Tom Holland
New ... Read more
Gavanndra Hodge
Independent on Sunday
The classical world still rouses fierce passions, and books like this help to make the study of ancient Greece urgent and relevant
Tom Holland
New ... Read more