Within 2000 pages of impeccable typographic aesthetics, the entire life of ancient Athens is condensed from the era of myth to Justinian. The reader is presented with a panorama of Athens, where - alongside political and military events - the social and intellectual life, artistic expressions, economic activities, demographic data, social trends and tensions, philosophical schools, influences, and impacts are also examined. This long historical journey, covering over 2000 years, was written with the aim of acquainting the residents of Athens with the history of the "unknown" city they inhabit. Besides human actions, the author also delves into the examination of the space, not only as a geographical term but as a "human-generated" environment - because history belongs not only to humans but also to the place where they shape and are shaped, create and are created. This three-volume work simultaneously serves as a mirror of the past for the present, a "photograph" that helps the reader to know ancient Athens and thus to love it. It is a book where vividness goes hand in hand with scientific rigor and deep philosophical reflection. It is a work of truth, intellectual responsibility, and literary charm, which was conspicuously missing from Greek and international bibliography. This gap is precisely what the history of Ancient Athens by Sarantos I. Kargakos aspires to fill.