Athens Audiobook Libro.fm

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A sweeping history of Athens telling the threethousandyear story of the birthplace of Western civilization
Even on the most smogbound of days the rocky outcrop on which the Acropolis stands is visible above the sprawling roofscape of the Greek capital Athens presents one of the most recognizable and symbolically freighted panoramas of any of the worlds cities the pillars and pediments of the Parthenon the temple dedicated to Athena goddess of wisdom that crowns the Acropolis dominate a city whose name is synonymous for many with civilization itself
It is hard not to feel the hand of history in such a place The birthplace of democracy Western philosophy and theatre Athens importance cannot be understated Few cities have enjoyed a history so rich in artistic creativity and the making of ideas or one so curiously patterned by alternating cycles of turbulence and quietness From the legal reforms of the lawmaker Solon in the sixth century BCE to the travails of early twentyfirst century Athens as it struggles with the legacy of the economic crises of the 2000s Clark brings the citys history to life evoking its cultural richness and political resonance in this epic kaleidoscopic history