The shining light.

Calliope | October 1, 2004| | Copyright

Dazzling! Spectacular! Awesome! This was Athens in the fifth century B.C., a time known now as the Golden Age. In architecture, art, literature, philosophy, and politics, the city-state was the perfect example of the heights to which a civilization could reach. Even today, some 2,500 years later, the quality and variety of that period's accomplishments remain unsurpassed.

The Golden Age followed Athens' victory over invading Persian armies, first in 490 B.C. and then again in 480 B.C. Against all odds, Athenian-led Greeks repelled their long-standing enemy, but only ...

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