The Classical Tradition

Book Overview

"A vast cabinet of curiosities."--Stephen Greenblatt "Eclectic rather than exhaustive, less an encyclopedia than a buffet."--Frederic Raphael, Literary Review How do we get from the polis to the police? Or from Odysseus's sirens to those of an ambulance? The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome is all around us, imitated, resisted, reworked, and misunderstood. In this beautifully illustrated and encyclopedic compendium, a team of leading scholars investigates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674035720
• ISBN13: 9780674035720
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 1088 Pages
• Weight: 5.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 8.3" x 10.3"