A Traveller's History of Athens

by Martin Stockley

Overview

Athens has a history stretching back to Mycenaean times. In the fifth century BC it became the most significant community for the development of political thought and practice, art and culture that had ever been seen. It still retains a vital influence on the present day. A Traveller's History of Athens describes the whole history of this great city from mythological and prehistoric times, through its artistic flowering in the classical age; its transformation in Roman times from a major player in world politics to a quiet university city; its decline into ruin and insignificance in the Middle Ages when it became the playground of Crusaders and their successors; the long period of subjection to the Ottoman empire; its recreation as the capital of a new nation in the nineteenth century, and one of the finest neo-classical cities in Europe; its troubled history in the twentieth century and its continuing place in the modern world. Throughout, quotations from contemporary sources enliven and illuminate the text. The author, who visits Athens at least once a year, also incorporates a chronological table, maps and a guide to further reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566565332
Publisher:	Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/01/2004
Series:	Traveller's History Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Foreword	xi
Chapter 1	Mythology and Prehistory: from the Beginnings to the End of the Dark Age	1
Chapter 2	The Archaic Period (750-479 BC)	15
Chapter 3	Classical Athens: the Fifth Century BC	37
Chapter 4	The Peloponnesian War	58
Chapter 5	Fourth Century Athens	74
Chapter 6	Athens, Macedon and the Coming of Rome, 322-86 BC	95
Chapter 7	Athens under Roman Rule, 86 BC-AD 19	117
Chapter 8	The Pax Romana, AD 19-560	133
Chapter 9	Medieval Athens	161
Chapter 10	Ottoman Athens	197
Chapter 11	The Reign of King Otho, 1833-1862	236
Chapter 12	The Reign of King George, 1863-1913	255
Chapter 13	From the Balkan Wars to the Civil War: 1912-1949	268
Chapter 14	Athens from 1949 to the Present	292
	Major Buildings of Athens	309
	Excursions outside Athens	340
	Chronological Table	348
	The Attic Calendar and Major Festivals	355
	Guide to Further Reading	356
	Index	361
	Maps and Plans
	Attica and its demes	2
	Classical Athens and the Themistoclean Wall	38
	The 'Valerian Wall'	152
	Greece in 1388	182
	The bazaar in Ottoman times	202
	J.P. Babin's map of Athens	206
	The Acropolis in classical times	310
	The Pnyx	317
	The Classical Agora in Roman times	320
	Central Athens today	330