The Oxford history of the classical world / edited by John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn Murray
1987, Bookclub edition. London: Guild Publishing. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #332858
Physical description: vii, 882 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps (some color); 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Greece: the history of the Archaic period / George Forrest -- Homer / Oliver Taplin -- Greek myth and Hesiod / Jasper Griffin -- Lyric and elegiac poetry / Ewen Bowie -- Early Greek philosophy / Martin West -- Greece : the history of the classical period / Simon Hornblower -- Greek drama / Peter Levi -- Greek historians / Oswyn Murray -- Life and society in classical Greece / Oswyn Murray -- Classical Greek philosophy / Julia Annas -- Greek religion / Robert Parker -- Greek art and architecture / John Boardman -- The history of the hellenistic period / Simon Price -- Hellenistic culture and literature / Robin Lane Fox -- Hellenistic philosophy and science / Jonathan Barnes -- Early Rome and Italy / Michael Crawford -- The expansion of Rome / Elizabeth Rawson -- The first Roman literature / Peter Brown -- Cicero and Rome / Miriam Griffin -- The poets of the late republic / Robin Nisbet -- Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman art / Roger Ling. Rome. The founding of the empire / David Stockton -- The arts of government / Nicholas Purcell -- Augustan poetry and society / R.O.A.M. Lyne -- Virgil / Jasper Griffin -- Roman historians / Andrew Lintott -- The arts of prose : the early empire / Donald Russell -- Silver Latin poetry and the Latin novel / Richard Jenkyns -- Later philosophy / Anthony Meredith -- The arts of living / Roger Ling -- Roman life and society / John Matthews -- Roman art and architecture / R.J.A. Wilson -- Envoi : on taking leave of antiquity / Henry Chadwick.
Subjects: Civilization, Classical. Civilization, Classical. Rome History. Greek social life, ancient. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. Summary: This collection of essays from thirty contributors provides a comprehensive overview of the Greco-Roman world, its history, and its social, political, artistic, and cultural achivements.
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