The best book on the Acropolis in English - worth making an effort to get second hand (and I am so annoyed the publishers let this go out of print). It is brilliant, & made me go "wow" when I read it.

Still my favorite general book on Greek sculpture, so I'd say find it second hand and buy a copy if you're interested in this area. It's a Classic, and has barely dated. Get the Plates too!

Gotta 'plug' my own book - it's about the archaeology and history of the Parthenon, and shows how the building evolved over the ages, and that archaeology needn't be boring tale of holes in the ground

A great introduction to Greek Art by one of the greatest scholars working in the field

The Athenian Agora by the man who's excavating it, and is considered one of the great archaeologists of today

Truth is often heterodox, and Hannestad has turned a field on its head by showing how Late Antique and Byzantine people continued to restore earlier Pagan Roman sculptures.

Based on Andy Stewart's PhD, this is still the seminal study of one of the greatest Greek sculptors

Ancient art was propaganda not decoration, and this book illustrates this perfectly using Augustus' art and building program as an example

Very difficult to get hold of, but the best study of the techniques of Greek sculpture and still holding it's own all these years later. Steal it if you have to! Or better, borrow it from the library.

You can't study classical archaeology without reading Vitruvius. He served with Caesar in Gaul, so anyone who says he's a source for Roman architecture is a pratt; he wrote about Greek architecture.

A recent conference with all the latest scholars' ideas about the birth of portraiture in the Hellenistic period. Well edited and worth making the time to read.

For the specialist: what did they do on the Acropolis after they'd built the Parthenon ....

Classical archaeologists tend to ignore not only Late Antique art, but the later context of earlier art ... which I think is a terrible pity.