When Brian de Jongh`s two classic Companion Guides, Southern Greece & Mainland Greece, were first published they were greeted with acclaim & immediately established themselves as essential guides. They have now been combined into this single volume, covering the whole of the Greek mainl&. This new edition has been thoroughly revised by John Gandon (Brian de Jongh`s nephew) & Geoffrey Graham-Bell, taking into account both new archaeological discoveries & recent development. Brian de Jongh combined an expert knowledge of history, archaeology & mythology with a profound understanding of the Greek people & a feeling for the landscape which inspired their myths & monuments: he describes a country that he loved & much of which Pausanias, writing almost two thousand years ago, would still recognise. This book is, more than ever, the most indispensable of all modern guides to Greece.