The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World

by: Roberts, J.

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
John Roberts
The Oxford Reference Collection
Over 2,500 accessible, user-friendly A-Z entries on the most significant aspects of the classical world
Fascinating insight into the attitudes of the ancient Greeks and Romans towards key elements of everyday life, including science, the arts, politics, religion and mythology, philosophy, and social and family life
Comprehensive articles on central figures, both real and mythological, from Apollo, Hadrian, and Herodotus, to Caesar, Ovid, and Zeus
Invaluable chronology charting the developments of Greece and the East alongside Rome and the West, spanning 776 BC - AD 180
Useful maps, a quick-reference two-way gazetteer, and a comprehensive essay on money and its value in the classical world
An approachable abridgement of the highly acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary
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Part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format

Description
This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. Authoritative, wide-ranging, and unrivalled in its accessibility, The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World is a concise and lucid survey of life in ancient Greece and Rome, spanning 776 BC - AD 180, from the first Olympic games to the death of Marcus Aurelius. An approachable, user-friendly abridgement of the highly acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary, this book offers over 2,500 A-Z entries on aspects of life in the classical world, from politics, medicine, philosophy, art, and architecture, to history, myth and religion, mathematics, and literature, with biographical entries on the important individuals - both real and mythological - of the period. Appendices include a clear and comprehensive account of money and its value in the classical world; a chronology of events across Greece

Table of Contents
Preface
Note to the Reader
Abbreviations
The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
Purchasing Power
Chronology
Maps
Two-way gazetteer of classical and modern names
Preface
Note to the Reader
Abbreviations
The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
Purchasing Power
Chronology
Maps
Two-way gazetteer of classical and modern names

The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World

by: Roberts, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780192801456 / 978-0-19-280145-6
• ISBN-03: 0192801457 / 0-19-280145-7
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005

Price: 63,00 EURO

1 copy in stock