num_pages: 112
description: In the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., Athens was the most politically enlightened and cultured city in the Western world. Its democracy, the world's first, and its magnificent art and architecture constitute only part of the profound cultural legacy it left to future generations.
language: English
title: Life in Ancient Athens
titlecomplete: Life in Ancient Athens (The Way People Live)
ratings_count: 3
series: The Way People Live
publisher: Lucent Books