{"product_id":"the-parthenon-enigma-a-new-understanding-of-the-worlds-most-iconic-building-and-the-people-who-made-it-9780307476593","title":"The Parthenon Enigma: A New Understanding of the World's Most Iconic Building and the People Who Made It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and one of \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the Enlightenment, the Parthenon--the greatest example of Athenian architecture--has been venerated as the definitive symbol of Western democratic values. Here, Joan Breton Connelly challenges this conventional wisdom, drawing on previously undiscovered sources to present a revolutionary new view of this peerless building. Reaching back across time to trace the Parthenon's story from the laying of its foundation, Connelly finds its true meaning not in the rationalist ideals we typically associate with Athens but in a vast web of ceaseless cultic observances and a unique mythic identity, in which democracy in our sense of the word would have been inconceivable. Marshalling a breathtaking range of textual and visual evidence, and full of fresh insights woven into a thrilling narrative that brings the distant past to life, \u003ci\u003eThe Parthenon Enigma\u003c\/i\u003e sheds a stunning new light on the ancient Athenians from whom we claim cultural descent--and on Western civilization itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307476593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.00w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/16\/2014 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joan Breton Connelly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43766678913205,"sku":"9780307476593","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_41ee75aa-4d15-47b0-b638-97b9c7f0499a.jpg?v=1710817228","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-parthenon-enigma-a-new-understanding-of-the-worlds-most-iconic-building-and-the-people-who-made-it-9780307476593","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}