Athens: A History
- ISBN-10
- 1788548167
- ISBN-13
- 9781788548168
- Series
- Athens
- Pages
- 512
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-06-09
- Publisher
- Apollo
- Author
- Bruce Clark
Description
A new narrative history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story of the birthplace of Western civilization.
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