Part guidebook, part history, this guide puts the reader in the able hands of John Freely, who has written extensively about both Greece and Turkey. Not exactly a walking guide (the text is too dense to follow easily on foot), the book focuses on the ruins of important historical sites like the Agora and the Parthenon as well as the theater of Dionysus and other sites immortalized by art and mythology. He includes too detailed information on modern attractions. Freely offers both archaeological information and historical anecdotes which invoke the ghosts of Athens with every step. With 32 black-and-white photographs.  (GRE201, $23.00)

Walking
Ancient World