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PROJECT EDITOR Jane Simmonds
ART EDITOR Stephen Bere
EDITORS Isabel Carlisle, Michael Ellis, Simon Farbrother,
Claire Folkard, Marianne Petrou, Andrew Szudek
US EDITORS Michael Wise, Mary Sutherland
DESIGNERS Jo Doran, Paul Jackson, Elly King, Marisa Renzullo
MAP CO-ORDINATORS Emily Green, David Pugh
VISUALIZER Joy Fitzsimmons
LANGUAGE CONSULTANT Georgia Gotsi
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Lynette Mitchell, Colin Nicholson, Robin Osborne, Barnaby
Rogerson, Paul Sterry, Tanya Tsikas
MAPS
Gary Bowes, Fiona Casey, Christine Purcell (ERA-Maptec Ltd)
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Joe Cornish, John Heseltine, Rob Reichenfeld, Peter Wilson,
Francesca Yorke
ILLUSTRATORS
Stephen Conlin, Paul Guest, Steve Gyapay, Maltings Partnership, Chris
Orr & Associates, Paul Weston, John Woodcock
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CONTENTS
HOW TO USE THIS
GUIDE 6
Black-figure bowl depicting
the god Dionysos
INTRODUCING
ATHENS AND
MAINLAND GREECE
DISCOVERING
MAINLAND GREECE 10
PUTTING GREECE ON
THE MAP 12
A PORTRAIT OF
MAINLAND GREECE 14
THE HISTORY
OF GREECE 24
ATHENS AND MAINLAND
GREECE THROUGH
THE YEAR 44
ANCIENT GREECE
GODS, GODDESSES
AND HEROES 52