Parthenon

The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world''s most famous images. Its ''looted'' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they? In a revised and updated edition, Mary Beard, award winning writer, reviewer and leading Cambridge classicist, tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddes...