The Parthenon

Mary Beard

    1. Why the Parthenon might make you cry

    2. 'The temple they call the Parthenon'

    3. 'The finest Mosque in the world'

    4. 'From ruin to reconstruction

    5. 'The Golden Age of Athens'?

    6. Meanwhile, back in London...

    Making a visit?

    Further reading

    List of illustrations

    List of figures

    Greek Names

    Acknowledgements

    Index

  • Cover: The Parthenon
  • A photo of the author

author photo: Nigel Cassidy

Mary Beard has a Chair of Classics at Cambridge and is a Fellow of Newnham College. She is classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog “A Don’s Life”.