A cabinet of Greek curiosities : strange tales and surprising facts from the cradle of western civilization / J.C. McKeown
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved
overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #446952
ISBN: 9780199982103
Contents; Food and drink -- Children and education -- Women -- Sex -- Animals -- Athens -- Sparta -- Alexander the Great -- Greeks at sea -- Greeks and barbarians -- Athletics -- Homer -- Drama -- Spectators and critics -- Books and papyri -- Philosophers -- Mathematics -- Science and technology -- Art -- Tourists and tourist attractions -- Religion, superstition, and magic -- Prophecy -- Words and expressions -- The soros. Subjects; HISTORY Ancient Greece. Civilization. Manners and customs. Classical antiquities. Greece Social life and customs. Greece Civilization.
Price: €12.95