TY - BOOK ID - 96395217 TI - The Destruction of Cities in the Ancient Greek World : Integrating the Archaeological and Literary Evidence PY - 2025 SN - 9781108850292 9781108495547 9781108818780 1108851991 1108850294 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cities and towns, Ancient KW - Archaeology and literature KW - Postwar reconstruction KW - War and society KW - History KW - Greece KW - Antiquities KW - Society and war KW - War KW - Sociology KW - Civilians in war KW - Sociology, Military KW - Post-conflict reconstruction KW - Reconstruction, Postwar KW - Literature and archaeology KW - Literature KW - Geography, Ancient KW - Social aspects KW - al-Yūnān KW - Ancient Greece KW - Ellada KW - Ellas KW - Ellēnikē Dēmokratia KW - Elliniki Dimokratia KW - Grčija KW - Grèce KW - Grecia KW - Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Griechenland KW - Hellada KW - Hellas KW - Hellenic Republic KW - Hellēnikē Dēmokratia KW - Kingdom of Greece KW - République hellénique KW - Royaume de Grèce KW - Vasileion tēs Hellados KW - Xila KW - Yaṿan KW - Yūnān KW - Ελληνική Δημοκρατία KW - Ελλάς KW - Ελλάδα KW - Греция KW - اليونان KW - يونان KW - 希腊 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:96395217 AB - "From the Trojan War to the sack of Rome by Alaric, from the fall of Constantinople to the bombing of European cities in World War II and now the devastation of Syrian towns filmed by drones, the destruction of cities and monuments and the slaughter of civilian populations are among the most dramatic events in world history. Since the beginning of literature and figurative art, authors, storytellers, bards, poets, artists, tragedians, historians, art historians, and archaeologists have been fascinated by the evocative power of destructions and ruined cities"-- ER -