How do we get from the polis to the police? Or from Odysseus's sirens to an ambulance's? The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science. Arranged alphabetically from Academy to Zoology, the essays-designed and written to serve ...
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How do we get from the polis to the police? Or from Odysseus's sirens to an ambulance's? The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science. Arranged alphabetically from Academy to Zoology, the essays-designed and written to serve scholars, students, and the general reader alike-show how the Classical tradition has shaped human endeavors from art to government, mathematics to medicine, drama to urban planning, legal theory to popular culture. At once authoritative and accessible, learned and entertaining, comprehensive and surprising, and accompanied by an extensive selection of illustrations, this guide illuminates the vitality of the Classical tradition that still surrounds us today.
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Hardcover. NO EXPEDITED OR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FOR THIS ITEM because of size/weight. NOT Ex-library. Good condition. Minor shelfwear to dust jacket. Slight bumping to hardcover corners. Clean pages and tight binding. Page edges lightly soiled. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona.
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Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, and may not include cd-rom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority!
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Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, and may not include cd-rom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority!
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0674035720. Due to size, ships within US only and only by media rate mail. Color plates.; tall 8vo 9"-10" tall; 1088 pp; Harvard University Press Reference Library.
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Very Good. XVII, 1067 pages, [96] p. il., color, maps, 27 cm. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Scuff on dj. The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. FINE book and FINE D/J. H/B. 8.25"x10.5". Sewn binding. Cloth over blue boards, silver titling on spine. D/J. 1067 p. Illustrations, color & b/w. Harvard University Press Reference Library. A lovely volume in FINE/FINE condition.
This a book you will read a little at a time, night after night. Made up of many articles from A to Z, you will find reading one article leads to another and you will spend your time going back and forth in the book. One aspect of the book I found revealing was how much the classical world influenced the Islamic world. Some articles can be very technical, particularly the articles about philosophy, so you will need to brush up on your scholarship. Very glad I bought this book.
