THE OXFORD COMPANION TO CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION
Hornblower, Simon & Antony Spawforth (Eds. )
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 2004
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- Title
- THE OXFORD COMPANION TO CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION
- Author
- Hornblower, Simon & Antony Spawforth (Eds. )
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0198609582
- ISBN 13
- 9780198609582
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- Classical Studies, Reference
For over 2,000 years the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome have captivated our collective imagination and provided inspiration for so many aspects of our lives, from culture, literature, drama, cinema, and television to society, education, and politics. Many of the roots to the way life is lived in the West today can be traced to the ancient civilizations, not only in politics, law, technology, philosophy, and science, but also in social and family life, language, and art.
Beautiful illustrations, easy-to-use jargon free entries, and a useful chronology and bibliography make this Companion the perfect guide for readers interested in learning more about the Graeco-Roman world. As well as providing sound information on all aspects of classical civilization such as history, politics, ethics, morals, law, society, religion, mythology, science and technology, language, literature, art, and scholarship, the entries in the Companion reflect the changing interdisciplinary aspects of classical studies, covering broad thematic subjects, such as race, nationalism, and ecology, confirming the impact classical civilizations have had on the modern world.
HISTORY AND POLITICS
the events, achievements, and personalities of 2,000 years of history in Greece and Rome and their immediate neighbours and the underlying issues
themes: armies, banks, bribery, class struggle, democracy, economy, oligarchy, tyranny
individuals: Agrippa, Mark Antony, Augustus, Cleopatra VII, Domitian, Livia, Nero, Quintus, Pyrrhus, Trajan
ETHICS AND MORALS, LAW AND PUNISHMENT, ECONOMICS
individual philosophers and their schools, and ethical issues, attitudes to animals, to wealth, or to warfare, and intellectual or religious intolerance
themes: abortion, adoption, adultery, alcoholism, barbarian, capitalism, debt, imperialism, industry, marriage law, prison, slavery, torture
Institutions: banks, police, senate
SOCIAL AND FAMILY LIFE
the everyday lives of the ancients and broader social topics covering status, kinship and the family
themes: age, chastity, childbirth, class-struggle, cookery, dancing, dress, food and drink, games, heterosexuality, homosexuality, houses, incest, kinship, meals, suicide, tourism, women
LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, ART, AND SCHOLARSHIP
writers and poets, orators and playwrights, literacy and books, archives and education, literary genres, painting and sculpture, and the writing of history
themes: art, bilingualism, books, comedy, epic, fantastic literature, gardens, genre, maps, narrative, novel, orality, pottery, reception, satire, tragedy
individuals: Achilles, Alcaeus, Aristophanes, Cicero, Euripides, Horace, Isocrates, Odysseus, Seneca, Sophocles, Virgil, Xenophon
RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY
Greek, Roman, and Egyptian beliefs, cults, and rituals, together with their attendant deities and mythological creatures, mingle with Judaism and early Christianity
themes: cakes, dancing, games, initiation, intolerance, magic, mythology, oracles, prayer, ruler-cult, sacrifice, sin, temple
individuals: Achilles, Aphrodite, Apollo, Hector, Heracles, Oedipus, Zeus
TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, AND MEDICINE
the birth of the scientific method in experiment, and all manner of discovery, exploration, treatment, and theorizing on disease, geography, climate, astronomy, mineralogy, navigation, sanitation, vivisection
themes: agriculture, anatomy and physiology, anthropology, artillery, astronomy, botany, disease, ecology, famine, geography, mathematics, medicine, navigation, physics, sanitation
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