Table Of ContentAthens
James H. S. McGregor
Athens
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, En gland • 2014
Copyright © 2014 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
McGregor, James H. (James Harvey), 1946–
Athens / James H.S. McGregor.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-674-04772-3 (alkaline paper) 1. Athens (Greece)—Description and
travel. 2. Athens (Greece)—History. 3. City planning—Greece—Athens—History.
4. Athens (Greece)—Buildings, structures, etc. 5. Historic buildings—Greece—
Athens. I. Title.
DF919.M35 2014
949.5'12—dc23 2013037579
Contents
Maps vii
Introduction 1
1. On the Rock 10
2. Th e Acropolis in the Fift h Century 36
3. Th e Athenian Agora 78
4. On the Perimeter 101
5. Hellenistic and Roman Athens 118
6. Late Antique and Medieval Athens 147
7. Th e War for In de pend ence and the
Creation of a National Capital 176
8. Modern Athens 201
Further Reading 229
Ac know ledg ments 231
Index 233
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