Victor Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson was educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and received his Ph.D. in Classics from Stanford University. He farmed full-time for five years before returning ... [... more]
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Melia Athens (Formerly known as Residence Georgio) - 5* ...
 Meliá Athens is a contemporary hotel of high aesthetic located in the heart of the Greek capital, at very short walking distance only to the National Archeological Museum, Greek Parliament on Constitution square and National Library. From the [... more]
£79.00
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Athens Electra Palace - 5* - Athens
The newly renovated Athens Electra Palace is a five star property under the shadow of the Acropolis, in the picturesque quarter of Plaka, within walking distance from all major historical sites, the business and commercial district. The decoration of the [... more]
£138.00
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The Athenian Callirhoe Exclusive Hotel - 5* - Athens
The Hotel is located in the centre of Athens, close to Constitution Square, Acropolis & Plaka with easy access to Southern and Northern suburbs of Athens. The metro station is 80m walking distance from hotel. The hotel is a great location for both [... more]
£94.00
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The Westin Athens - 5* - Athens
The Westin Athens at Astir Palace Beach Resort, it is uniquely set on a private peninsula in the heart of the Athens Riviera, offering the best of both worlds. Relax at classic seaside resort, with cosmopolitan city life just a short drive away. Clean, [... more]
£135.00
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Hotel Metropolitan Athens - 5* - Athens
The Metropolitan hotel with its unique cosmopolitan atmosphere, combines traditional hospitality and luxury in central Athens. With a view to both the Acropolis and the Aegean Sea, the fully renovated Metropolitan hotel is ideally situated in front of [... more]
£108.00
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Electra Hotel Athens - 4* - Athens
This hotel is a four star property, centrally located in the heart of the Athens City center within walking distance from all major historical sites and the business and commercial districts. Hotel has been completely renovated during 2004. [... more]
£111.00
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Patricia Storace
"Full of insights, marvelously entertaining . . . haunting and beautifully written." "I lived in Athens, at the intersection of a prostitute and a saint." So begins Patricia Storace's astonishing memoir of her year in Greece. Mixing [... more]
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T.Z. Lavine
From Socrates To Satre presents a rousing and readable introduction to the lives, and times of the great philosophers. This thought-provoking book takes us from the inception of Western society Plato's Athens to today when the commanding power of ... [... more]
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Aristophanes
A poet who hated an age of decadence, armed conflict, and departure from tradition, Aristophanes' comic genius influenced the political and social order of his own fifth-century Athens. But as Moses Hadas writes in his introduction to this ... [... more]
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Tony Perrottet
With the summer Olympics' return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and lets the Greek Games begin again. The acclaimed author of The ancient Romans were responsible for many remarkable achievements-Roman numerals, straight ... [... more]
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James Merrill
James Merrill was born on March 3, 1926, in New York City and died on February 6, 1995. From the mid-1950s on, he lived in Stonington, Connecticut, and for extended periods he also had houses in Athens and Key West. From The Black Swan (1946) ... [... more]
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