A Traveller's History of Athens

Athens has a history stretching back to Mycenaean times. In the fifth century BC it became the most significant community for the development of political thought and practice, art and culture that had ever been seen. It still retains a vital influence on the present day. A Traveller's History of Athens describes the whole history of this great city from mythological and prehistoric times, through its artistic flowering in the classical age; its transformation in Roman times from a major player …