The Melina Mercouri Foundation and Mr. Jules Dassin have honoured me with a request to write a book for young people about the Parthenon and its sculpture. The purpose of the book is to familiarise the readers with classical art, both architecture and sculpture, so that when they visit the Acropolis and also the British Museum, where much of the sculpture of the great temple is today, they can comprehend and appreciate it. [...]
