Classics: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Classics: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192853851

ISBN-10: 0192853856

ISBN-13: 9780192853851

Edition: 2000

Authors: Mary Beard, John Henderson

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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 differ from their original reception? This introduction to the Classics begins with a visit to the British Museum to view the frieze which once decorated the Apollo Temple at Bassae. Through these…

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List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 4.41" wide x 7.05" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics at Cambridge and is a Fellow of Newnham College. She is general editor of the Wonders of the World series and author of The Parthenon.




The Visit



On Site



Being There



A Guide in Hand



Beneath the Surface



Grand Theories



The Art of Reconstruction



The Greatest Show on Earth



Imagine That



'Et in Arcadia Ego'


Outline of Bassae Frieze


Timelines


Citations and Further Reading


Index