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The Parthenon

by Mary Beard

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 204 PAGES

A lively tale of the construction, significance and many uses of the 2,500-year-old architectural marvel. (GRE195, $15.50)

Greece, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by Artemis Leontis

• ANTHOLOGY
• 1997
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

In this terrific anthology 24 modern Greek writers offer a flavor of their nation, its culture and people, its beautiful landscapes and rich history. (GRE190, $14.95)

Eyewitness Guide Greece, Athens and the Mainland

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 354 PAGES

This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (GRE38, $25.00)

Greece Map

by Michelin

• 2011
• MAP

A colorful shaded map of Greece, the Greek Islands and the western coast of Turkey at a scale of 1:800,000. (GRE24, $12.95)

 

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Athens Map

by Borch Maps

• 2007
• MAP

An excellent laminated map of the city center at a scale of 1:7,500 with inset maps of the Acropolis, Epidaurus, Mycenae, Attica and the region. (GRE311, $8.95)

Bradt Guide Peloponnese

by Andrew Bostock

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

This comprehensive guide to the cradle of Greece, which includes Olympia and the mountains of Arcadia, also includes information about its history and culture. (GRE434, $23.99)

National Geographic Traveler Athens

by Joanna Kakissis

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER

Abundantly illustrated with a focus on maps and sightseeing, this compact guide covers not just the city of Athens but also Crete, the Dodecanese, Ionian and other popular islands. (GRE483, $22.95)

Pocket Rough Guide Athens

by John Fisher

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 176 PAGES

By the savvy editors at Rough Guide, these just-right guides are bundled with a pullout map. (GRE476, $12.99)

Rick Steves' Pocket Athens

by Rick Steves

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 220 PAGES

A personable, practical guide in the growing series by travel guru Rick Steves. Complete with a neighborhood overview, city walks and tours, sights, handy food and accommodations charts and a fold-out city map. (GRE509, $12.99)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece

by Robert Morkot

• REFERENCE
• 1997
• PAPER
• 144 PAGES

This pictorial survey of Greek antiquity, recording its culture and expansion, features dozens of full-color maps. (GRE125, $20.00)

A Traveller's History of Athens

by Richard Stoneman

• HISTORY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 370 PAGES

A brief history of Athens through the 1990's -- wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed. With a useful chronology and historical gazetteer, this book marches confidently through the centuries. (GRE291, $14.95)

Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

by James Davidson

• HISTORY
• 2011
• PAPER
• 372 PAGES

Davidson examines such fundamental issues as the pleasures of fish, sex and wine in their social and political context in this fascinating study of appetite and desire in classical Athens. (GRE63, $22.50)

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter

by Thomas Cahill

• HISTORY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Cahill brings to life ancient Greek society and civilization through the lives and words of politicians, playwrights, a poet, philosopher and artist in this eloquent and absorbing tribute. (GRE182, $17.00)

The Ancient Guide to Modern Life

by Natalie Haynes

• HISTORY
• 2012
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

In this light-hearted frolic through antiquity, Haynes considers modern life from the point of view of the ancients, musing on such questions as what Athenian democracy might teach present politics and the impact of Greek and Roman drama, literature and philosophy on the contemporary world. (MED195, $15.00)

The Classical World

by Robin Lane Fox

• HISTORY
• 2008
• PAPER
• 656 PAGES

From Homer to Hadrian, Fox conjures tyrants, conquerors and enthralling personalities in this marvelously written history of ancient Greece and Rome. (GRE293, $19.99)

The Tomb of Agamemnon

by Cathy Gere | Mary Beard

• HISTORY
• 2012
• PAPER
• 208 PAGES

An enlightening brief guide to the archaeological site (a fortified hill in the Peloponnese at Mycenae), its history and current scholarship on the Bronze Age. (GRE252, $14.95)

The World of the Ancient Greeks

by John Camp | Elizabeth Fisher

• HISTORY
• 2010
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES
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Featuring hundreds of illustrations and inviting short chapters on topics from The First Greeks to The Heroic Age and Classical Athens. With modern color photographs of great ancient cities from Athens and Delphi to Knossos, Ephesus, Pergamum and Priene. (GRE365, $24.95)

Ancient Greece: Art, Architecture, and History

by Marina Belozerskaya | Kenneth Lapatin

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 144 PAGES

This lively illustrated guide covers the architecture, painting and sculpture of Ancient Greece from the third millennium to the end of the Hellenistic period. With 282 color and 28 black-and-white illustrations. (GRE194, $19.95)

The Oracle, Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind Its Lost Secrets

by William J. Broad

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 2007
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

A gripping modern-day detective story about the scientific quest to understand the Oracle of Delphi. (GRE329, $16.00)

Mani, Travels in Southern Peloponnese

by Patrick Leigh Fermor

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2006
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Fermor weaves anecdote, magnificent description, classical references, history and commentary into an absorbing portrait of place. (GRE27, $15.95)

The Colossus of Maroussi

by Henry Miller

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 223 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Miller captures the spirit and warmth of the resilient Greek people in this inspired tale of a wartime journey from Athens to Crete, Corfu and Delphi with his friend Lawrence Durrell. (GRE05, $12.95)

Apartment in Athens

by Glenway Wescott

• LITERATURE
• 2004
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

Back in print after 30 years, Glenway Wescott's 1945 bestseller is the story of a Greek couple who are forced to share their home in Nazi-occupied Athens with a German officer during World War II. (GRE198, $14.95)

The Greek Myths, Complete Edition

by Robert Graves

• LITERATURE
• 2012
• PAPER
• 800 PAGES

A new edition of Graves' classic collection illustrated by the comic book artist Ross MacDonald. This expert retelling by Graves, a poet, memoirist and the author of I, Claudius (ITL429), still remains the seminal modern translation of the mythologies of Ancient Greece. (GRE274, $25.00)

The Messenger of Athens

by Anne Zouroudi

• MYSTERY
• 2010
• PAPER
• 324 PAGES

This first book in the Mysteries of the Greek Detective series has at its heart the sin of lust. Zouroudi weaves excitement and mythology together with the realities of everyday small-island life. (GRE458, $23.99)

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