Kalliope Kyrdi, Evi Pini
Glafki at the Athenian Agora [Με τη Γλαύκη στην Αρχαία Αγορά της Αθήνας (Me tī Gláfkī stīn Archaía Agorá tīs Athī́nas)]
The opening page,
entitled “instead of a preface,” explains that the book is about an explorative
journey to the past, for which teachers and parents can prepare children before
visiting the Agora. A talking bird guides children throughout the book.
Appropriately, for Athens, the bird is an owl called “Glafki”, and we are given
information about its symbolism in ancient Greece and about owls nesting in the
Acropolis today. An illustration with a reconstructed view o(...)
