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Ancient Greece in 50 Monuments is an arresting visual tour of the great sites of ancient Greece, told through its city-states and the monuments they built to endure through the ages. 'We have raised ... monuments that those alive today look on with wonder, as those...
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Ancient Greece in 50 Monuments is an arresting visual tour of the great sites of ancient Greece, told through its city-states and the monuments they built to endure through the ages.
'We have raised ... monuments that those alive today look on with wonder, as those in generations still to come will wonder, too.'
More than 2,000 years later, the words uttered by the Athenian politician Pericles have been proven correct many times over. Ancient Greece continues to captivate, and its monuments still inspire awe. But what is it that makes something 'Greek'?
Exploring ancient Greece through its monuments—from the Parthenon in Athens to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi and the Temple of Zeus at Olympia—classicist David Stuttard reveals the values that united the disparate Greek world and made their mark on history. New digital reconstructions bring ancient Greece to life via buildings and monuments that still survive and can be visited today.
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ISBN: 9780500029213
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 22 October 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustration: 50 Illustrations, black and white; 150 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 186.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 256
About the Author
David Stuttard taught Classics for eleven years in Edinburgh, St Andrews and York, and has written numerous books on the Classical world including Greek Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy, A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives and The Romans Who Shaped Britain (with Sam Moorhead), all published by Thames & Hudson. He is the founder of the theatre company Actors of Dionysus and a Fellow of Goodenough College, London, and lectures regularly for Noble Caledonia.
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