Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day

Philip Matyszak (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2019
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-28765-1 (ISBN)

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Welcome to Athens in 431 BC. This entertaining guide provides all the information a tourist needs for a journey back in time to ancient Athens at its pinnacle of greatness more than 2,000 years ago. 40 illustrations.

Of course, ancient Athens was not all art, intellect, and politics. This well-researched yet irreverently unacademic guide also plunges gleefully into the hedonistic side of Athenian life with wine-sodden symposiums, brothels, and brawls, advising the reader to avoid slatternly prostitutes and inns where the beds are infested with bugs, and warning that both torches and an escort are needed to avoid muggers after an evening on the town.

Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day takes you through the raucous city crowds to the serene heights of the Parthenon and evokes the wonder of a city where the monuments and ideas that form the bedrock of Western culture are as fresh and new as the garlands of flowers on Athena's altar.

Philip Matyszak has a doctorate in Roman history from St. John's College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books on the ancient world, including the highly successful Legionary: The Roman Soldier's (Unofficial) Manual, The Greek and Roman Myths, and Ancient Magic

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.2019
Reihe/Serie	Traveling on 5
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 201 mm
Gewicht	304 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-500-28765-1 / 0500287651
ISBN-13	978-0-500-28765-1 / 9780500287651
Zustand	Neuware