Daily life in ancient Athens – schools (Athenian girls didn't attend school), clothing and hairstyles, houses (bathrooms had hip baths, no hot water), Panathenaic festival, shopping, sports and games, theater and dance. Excellent reconstruction drawings and historical illustrations. (Chapter book, illustrations)

Socrates, the wise guy, busts out of ancient Athens in this lively story of his life. Irresistible illustrations set the scene for Socrates, as he thinks about goodness and courage, hangs out with shoemakers, carpenters, and cooks, dances and parties with his friends, and ultimately ends up in the Athens jail. (Picture book)

Story of the Parthenon, the great temple of Athens – architectural secrets (no straight lines), fabulous sculptural decorations, and the colossal Athena statue by Phidias, covered with gold, ivory, jewels and precious stones. Glowing reconstruction illustrations bring the ruins to life. (Picture book)

Super stories the goddess Athena and Athens – Athena breathes life into Pandora, Perseus is guided by Athena in his quest to kill the gorgon, the mysteries at Eleusis, competition between Athena and Poseidon to become the Athenian guardian deity, origins of the king of Athens. (Picture book)

We took this with us when we visited the Parthenon, Erechtheion, Theater of Dionysus, the Agora – an essential guide to the ruins With cool plastic overlays, you can see what the unreconstructed ruins look like today, and how they appeared in antiquity. (Picture book)

Pictorial history of Athens through the centuries – from early Athens in 5,000 BC to the Golden Age, under Roman rule, the Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Turks, and the capital of independent Greece. Rich, detailed illustrations. (Chapter book, illustrations)