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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
J W Roberts |
ISBN: | 9780191727061 0191727067 9780198804864 0198804865 9780192801463 0192801465 |
OCLC Number: | 1229227026 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic resource. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
Description: | 880 p. : maps ; 20 cm. |
Contents: | PREFACE; NOTE TO THE READER; ABBREVIATIONS; THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD; PURCHASING POWER; CHRONOLOGY; MAPS; TWO-WAY GAZETTEER OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN NAMES; PREFACE; NOTE TO THE READER; ABBREVIATIONS; THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD; PURCHASING POWER; CHRONOLOGY; MAPS; TWO-WAY GAZETTEER OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN NAMES |
Series Title: | Online Access With JISC Subscription agreement: Oxford Reference Online. |
Responsibility: | edited by John Roberts. |
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Abstract:
Essential for students and teachers of classics and classical civilization and for anyone interested in discovering more about the foundations of Western culture, this guide offers over 2,500 A-Z entries on the most significant aspects of the classical world, giving a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Review from previous edition magnificent * Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph, reviewing The Oxford Classical Dictionary * scrupulously sourced intellectual meat of a texture that Socrates himself would savour * Sunday Times, reviewing The Oxford Classical Dictionary * offers not only that breakfast for the mind we keep hearing about, but lunch, tea, dinner, supper and non-stop snacks * Washington Times, reviewing the Oxford Classical Dictionary * Read more...
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