false 3387108 2 <B>A time-traveler's guide to sightseeing, shopping, and survival in the city of gods and geniuses.</B><BR><BR>Welcome to Athens in 431 BC! This entertaining guide provides all the information a tourist needs for a journey back in time to ancient Athens at its pinnacle of greatness more than 2000 years ago.<BR><BR>Travel via Thermopylae, the Oracle at Delphi, and the site of the epic Battle of Marathon to the city of Athena, goddess of wisdom. Meet Socrates, Thucydides, Phidias, and others who are among the greatest philosophers, writers, and artists who ever lived. Encounter ordinary Athenians in the marketplace and at the theater and learn the true character of one of the most extraordinary cities of any age.<BR><BR>Of course, ancient Athens was not all art, intellect, and politics. This well-researched yet irreverently unacademic guide also plunges gleefully into the hedonistic side of Athenian life with wine-sodden symposiums, brothels, and brawls, advising the reader to avoid slatternly prostitutes and inns where the beds are infested with bugs, and warning that both torches and an escort are needed to avoid muggers after an evening on the town.<BR><BR><I>Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day</I> takes you through the raucous city crowds to the serene heights of the Parthenon and evokes the wonder of a city where the monuments and ideas that form the bedrock of Western culture are as fresh and new as the garlands of flowers on Athena's altar. 40 illustrations, 12 in color. 6751330 27 10 2008 Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day total:10|5:0|4:8|3:2|2:0|1:0| 10 38 17 3 4 2 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 17:20:05 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 17:22:57 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 00:53:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 22:56:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 25 12:04:32 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 12:04:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 09:58:08 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 09:58:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 18:32:40 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 25 21:47:47 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 18:32:40 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 13:55:55 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 13:55:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 23 20:08:06 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 20:08:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 03 08:40:46 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:40:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 03 11:22:04 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 11:22:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 16 11:25:44 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 15:05:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:25:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 29 16:18:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 16:18:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 22:54:35 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 22:54:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 25 08:31:43 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 08:31:43 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 04 12:23:13 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 18:45:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 24 10:38:57 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 10:39:00 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 20:31:09 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 20:31:20 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Oct 04 14:51:11 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 15:58:44 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3387108