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Ancient Greece in 50 Monuments

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Ancient Greece in 50 Monuments is an arresting visual tour of the great sites of ancient Greece, told through its city-states and the monuments they built to endure through the ages. 'We have raised ... monuments that those alive today look on with wonder, as those... Read More
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An arresting visual tour of the great sites of Ancient Greece, told through its city-states and the monuments that were built to endure through the ages.

An arresting visual tour of the great sites of ancient Greece, told through its city states and the monuments they built to endure through the ages.

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Ancient Greece in 50 Monuments is an arresting visual tour of the great sites of ancient Greece, told through its city-states and the monuments they built to endure through the ages.

'We have raised ... monuments that those alive today look on with wonder, as those in generations still to come will wonder, too.'

More than 2,000 years later, the words uttered by the Athenian politician Pericles have been proven correct many times over. Ancient Greece continues to captivate, and its monuments still inspire awe. But what is it that makes something 'Greek'?

Exploring ancient Greece through its monumentsβ€”from the Parthenon in Athens to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi and the Temple of Zeus at Olympiaβ€”classicist David Stuttard reveals the values that united the disparate Greek world and made their mark on history. New digital reconstructions bring ancient Greece to life via buildings and monuments that still survive and can be visited today.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500029213

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: 50 Illustrations, black and white; 150 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 186.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

About the Author

David Stuttard taught Classics for eleven years in Edinburgh, St Andrews and York, and has written numerous books on the Classical world including Greek Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy, A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives and The Romans Who Shaped Britain (with Sam Moorhead), all published by Thames & Hudson. He is the founder of the theatre company Actors of Dionysus and a Fellow of Goodenough College, London, and lectures regularly for Noble Caledonia.

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