Ancient Greece: An Explorer's Guide (Explorer's Guides) - Softcover

Meagher, Robert; Neave, Elizabeth

 
9781905214501: Ancient Greece: An Explorer's Guide (Explorer's Guides)

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Ancient Greece is rich in maps, site plans, and photographs providing potential explorers eager to bask in both beauty and history with a wealth of material to ignite the imagination and facilitate trip planning. Authors Meagher and Neave structure the book around four itineraries, three of which correspond to distinct eras and regions. The Minoan itinerary unfolds on Crete; the Mycenaean is focused on the Peloponnese; the Classical itinerary on Athens. The final, eclectic itinerary focuses on the Cyclades and features island-hopping and a survey of the full span of Greek antiquity from the late Neolithic Age through the Classical period when the island of Delos, the mythical birthplace of Apollo, was the religious centre of the Aegean. Each itinerary includes witty and erudite explorations of mythology, history, literature, archaeology, and architecture, as well as concrete help finding the most stunning sites that preserve that history today.

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Robert Emmet Meagher is a professor of humanities at Hampshire College and the author or translator of nearly two dozen books, ranging from Frommer's Ireland to The Essential Euripides. He has been called the 'finest living translator of ancient Greek drama into English.'

Elizabeth Parker Neave has traveled extensively in Greece for two decades, and for several years collaborated on the Frommer's guides to the Greek Islands. She is co-author (with Robert Emmet Meagher) of Ancient Ireland: An Explorer's Guide. She currently teaches elementary school in Connecticut.

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ISBN 10:  1566566827 ISBN 13:  9781566566827
Verlag: Interlink Books, 2007
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