History of Athens

Athens is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It has been a place of human settlement for at least 5,000 years. But its fortunes, and its relationship with the wider world of Greekness, have fluctuated...

Hellenist author Bruce Clark, who has a long association and a deep understanding of Greece from ancient times to modern, has written a major new work on the history of Athens. The book, published recently and titled "Athens: City of...