Vrettos, Alexandria city of the western mind.

Condition : good, dust jacket with a few small traces of folding, otherwise very good.
Illustrations : one map and 8 black and white plates out of text.

Alexandria was the greatest cultural capital of the ancient world. The classicist and accomplished author Theodore Vrettos tells its story for the first time in a single volume. His enchanting blend of literary and scholarly qualities brings to life the stories that unfolded among the architectural wonders of the ancient world. His fascinating central thesis, that this amazing metropolis created the Western mind, can now take its place in cultural history.