The Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome
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The Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome

  1. 617 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome

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The Edinburgh Companion is a gateway to the fascinating worlds of ancient Greece and Rome. Wide-ranging in its approach, it demonstrates the multifaceted nature of classical civilisation.

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Yes, you can access The Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome by Brian Sparkes, Edward Bispham, Thomas Harrison, Edward Bispham, Thomas Harrison, Brian Sparkes in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Greek Ancient History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780748616305
eBook ISBN
9780748627141
Topic
History
Subtopic
Greek Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Part One: Classics and the Classical World A. Classics in the Twenty-First Century
  6. 1. The History of the Discipline
  7. 2. History
  8. 3. Archaeology
  9. 4. Religion
  10. 5. Economy
  11. 6. Gender
  12. 7. Philology and Linguistics
  13. 8. Literature
  14. 9. Philosophy
  15. 10. Art History and Aesthetics
  16. 11. Classical Legacies
  17. B. The Regions of the Ancient World
  18. 12. The Ancient Near East
  19. 13. Iron Age Europe
  20. 14. Regions of Antiquity
  21. C. Periods
  22. 15. The ‘Dark Age’ of Greece
  23. 16. Archaic and Classical Greece
  24. 17. The Hellenistic World
  25. 18. The Roman Republic
  26. 19. The Roman Empire
  27. 20. Late Antiquity
  28. Part Two: Material Culture
  29. 21. Landscape
  30. 22. Marine Archaeology
  31. 23. Sites and Features
  32. 24. Buildings and Architecture
  33. 25. Coinage
  34. 26. Sculpture
  35. 27. Painting, Stucco and Mosaic
  36. 28. Pottery and Metalwork
  37. 29. Gems, Jewellery and Glass
  38. 30. Dress and Textiles
  39. 31. Arms and Armour
  40. 32. Papyri
  41. 33. Manuscripts
  42. 34. Inscriptions
  43. Part Three: Texts and Genres
  44. 35. Greek Epic
  45. 36. Roman Epic
  46. 37. Greek Tragedy
  47. 38. Roman Tragedy
  48. 39. Greek Comedy
  49. 40. Roman Comedy
  50. 41. Greek Lyric Verse: Melic, Elegiac and Iambic
  51. 42. Latin Poetry other than Epic and Drama
  52. 43. The Novel
  53. 44. Letters
  54. 45. Rhetoric
  55. 46. Literary Criticism
  56. 47. Grammar and Linguistics
  57. 48. Philosophy
  58. 49. Greek Historiography
  59. 50. Roman Historiography
  60. 51. Geography and Ethnography
  61. 52. Mythology
  62. 53. Christian Literature
  63. 54. Science and Mathematics
  64. 55. Music
  65. 56. Medicine
  66. 57. Greek Legal Texts
  67. 58. Latin Legal Texts
  68. 59. Technical Writing
  69. Part Four: Essential Information and Systems of Reference
  70. 60. Politics
  71. 61. Names and Naming Systems
  72. 62. Measures, Weights and Money
  73. 63. Writing Systems
  74. 64. The Ancient Calendar
  75. 65. Metre
  76. 66. Time-charts
  77. 67. Maps
  78. 68. Glossary of Ancient and Modern Terms
  79. 69. Resources
  80. 70. Abbreviations
  81. Contributors
  82. Index