The Battle of Marathon, Kapon Editions

THE BATTLE OF MARATHON: AN HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL APPROACH.

This book presents all the ancient sources and all the scientific theories concerning the battle of Marathon. It provides a full bibliography (from the 17th century to the present day), richly illustrated with old maps, and proposes interesting and original solutions to all the problems surrounding this historic battle of cosmic importance, fought in 490 BC.

The Academy of Athens has awarded a prize for this study, judging it 'to constitute the fullest, most comprehensive and most scholarly approach to the Battle of Marathon and that the author, with his talent for analysis and synthesis, has contributed an archaeological and historical monograph of great significance for the subject of the battle which will underpin scholarship for many years to come' (Academy of Athens Award, December 2014).

Author: Christos Dionysopoulos (Classicist, Historian, Archaeologist)

Publisher: Kapon Editions (2015)

ISBN: 978-960-6878-08-4

Description: 272 pages, Paperback, 210 X 290 mm, b/w & colour photos, maps, diagrams, tables. FULL ENGLISH TEXT.

Condition: NEW COPY.

Shipping weight: 1.4 Kgr