Katerina Servi

Ένα από τα σημαντικότερα μνημεία της παγκόσμιας πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς και ένα μουσείο-σύμβολο πλέον για τη χώρα μας, σε μια εξαίρετη έκδοση, με αναλυτικά κείμενα και πλούσιο φωτογραφικό υλικό, που στόχο έχει να εισάγει τον αναγνώστη στο γοητευτικό κόσμο της αρχαίας Ακρόπολης. Το νέο αυτό βιβλίο της Εκδοτικής Αθηνών, ενός εκδοτικού οίκου με μακρά παράδοση στο χώρο των ποιοτικών ιστορικών και αρχαιολογικών εκδόσεων, υπογράφεται από την αρχαιολόγο και συγγραφέα Κατερίνα Σέρβη και απευθύνεται σε γνώστες αλλά και μη γνώστες, σε όλους όσοι θέλουν να μυηθούν στα μυστικά του πανάρχαιου αθηναϊκού ιερού βράχου και των μνημείων του.

The gods, the heroes, the Trojan war, the Argonauts are just some of the fascinating subjects that the reader will find in Greek Mythology. The vivid imagination of the ancient Greeks has left us a legacy that entertains and unstructs the reader of our time in the captivating world of antiquity.

Gli dei, gli eroi, la Guerra di Troia e gli Argonauti sono solo alcune delle avvincenti tematiche che il lettore trovera nella "Mitologia greca". La vivace fantasia degli antichi Greci ci ha dato in eredita un'enorme quantita di racconti mitologici che istruiscono e divertono il lettore di oggi attraverso il pieno di fascino mondo antico.

Les dieux, les heros, la guerre de Troie et les Argonautes sont quelques-uns des sujets passionnants que le lecteur trouvera dans la "Mythologie grecque". L'imagination fertile des anciens Grecs nous a legue une multitude de recits mythologiques qui instruisent et divertissent le lecteur d'aujourd'hui, en le plongeant dans le monde merveilleux de l'antiquite.

A small, sun-drenched plain with a precipitous rock at its centre, a broad platform at its peak and valuable springs with drinking waters at its foot. The people of the prehistoric era could not have ignored such an advantageous site. And indeed, excavations at the top and the slopes of the Acropolis have revealed traces of settlement dating from the late Neolithic period (ca 3500-3200 BC).This habitation continued over the following periods, the Early Bronze Age (3200/3000-2200/2000 BC) and the Middle Bronze Age (2200/2000-1600 BC). In the second millennium BC the population of Attica was reinforced. A new tribe, the lonians, arrived from the north and merged with the indigenous population, which tradition holds were the Pelasgians. From around the middle of the same millennium a brilliant prehistoric civilisation started to flourish on mainland Greece, the Mycenaean civilisation which took its name from its most important centre, the town of Mycenae. During the Mycenaean period (1600-1100 BC) the inhabitants of the Acropolis lived in groups on the slopes and at the peak of the rock. They worshipped their ancient goddess Athena here, on the top of the Acropolis hill, where the palace of the local king also stood. (...)