Athens
Subtitle: A History, From Ancient Ideal To Modern City
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: March 30, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780465090631
First sentence: ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS, FROM THE TRADITIONAL, THOUGH PROBABLY not authentic, starting date of 776 BCE, men from all over the Greek world, from Spain to the north African coast to the Black Sea, converged on Olympia.