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Paperback • 2000 • English

Classics: Å very short introduction

By Mary Beard

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About the book

This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. We are all Classicists - we come into touch with the Classics daily: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of the Classics dif...Show more

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ISBN

9780192853851

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Classics

Format

Paperback

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