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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

Paperback • 1989 • English • 2. edition

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

By M. C. Howatson

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About the book

From Achilles's heel to the sword of Damocles, Western culture teems with allusions from the rich heritage of classical literature, and this new edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, the first updating since Sir Paul Harvey's original edition of 1937, provides the key to these works and the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations that produced them. Substantially revising the first edition, this volume condenses the findings of the most recent scholarship into highly readable pr...Show more

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ISBN

9780198600817

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

1989

Language

English

Edition

2

Original title

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

Format

Paperback

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