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 cel???bre. But what actually are they? In the first of an occasional 'series' on wonders of the world - such as the Colosseum, Stonehenge, the Pyramids, the Alhambra, Mary Beard, biographer, 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 ...
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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 cel???bre. But what actually are they? In the first of an occasional 'series' on wonders of the world - such as the Colosseum, Stonehenge, the Pyramids, the Alhambra, Mary Beard, biographer, 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 Wonders of the World is a series of books that focuses on some of the world's most famous sites or monuments. Their names will be familiar to almost everyone: they have achieved iconic stature and are loaded with a fair amount of mythological baggage. These monuments have been the subject of many books over the centuries, but our aim, through the skill and stature of the writers, is to get something much more enlightening, stimulating, even controversial, than straightforward histories or guides.
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Fair. Size: 4x0x7; All proceeds benefit local libraries. Binding is tight. Some pages have highlighting but the text is legible. Book cover is very clean. There is some shelf wear with a few pages have a crease in upper right corner.
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Illustrated by Photos, maps. Good. 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches GOOD Condition, solild, bright...minor scattered ink underlining. OW quite nice copy..; Gold spine & cover titles on Pretty blue cloth hardcovers. Endpapers show men in togas...wall relief..; 224 pages; , Sculptures, Architecture. Beard also takes a cool look at the bitter arguments that continue to surround the "Elgin Marbles, " the sculptures from the Parthenon now in the British Museum. Her book constitutes the ultimate tour of the marvelous history and present state of this glory of the Acropolis, and of the world.