Peripatoi: 12 Athenian Walks, Part 1 (original) (raw)

Amazon Kindle Store eBook, 2020

Abstract

The image of Athens as one huge and faceless tourist venue should be replaced by a peopled, nuanced cityscape with much to see and to experience. Athens is worth savoring slowly by foot beyond the few days most visitors budget for it in their mad rush to get some other place in Greece. "Peripatoi: 12 Athenian Walks" is for those individuals who wish to spend more time discovering and unraveling the traces of the multiple layers of cultural developments and artistic achievements over six millennia still visible to the discerning eye in the seemingly chaotic, congested but vibrant central core and peripheral areas of the city. The myriad of archaeological sites and museums, art museums, public buildings, churches, religious structures, house and apartment buildings, monuments and statues, and districts described in these "Peripaptoi" document the palimpsests that constitute the modern Athenian cityscape. The twelve illustrated walks included in the guidebook are divided into pairs. Part 1 includes: Peripatos 1. "Athena's citadel" and Peripatos 2. "The slopes of the Akropolis and the Areios Pagos hill". The entries on these carefully crafted itineraries have succinct descriptions with ample information and frequent images. In addition, straight forward observations and insightful commentaries help to contextualize the points of interest in the broader picture. The routes with aid of maps and walking directions are easy to follow. This is the 3rd revised and enlarged edition of the well-reviewed 2nd edition, "Peripatoi: Athenian Walks", from 2004.

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