A Students Guide to Classics
Published on 30. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
92 pages
978-1-932236-15-6 (ISBN)
Description
Provides readers with an overview of each of the major poets, dramatists, philosophers, and historians of ancient Greece and Rome. Including short bios of major figures and a list of suggested readings, this is unparalleled as a brief introduction to the literature of the classical world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wilmington
United States
Publishing group
Regnery Publishing Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
132 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-932236-15-6 (9781932236156)
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Bruce S. Thornton writes widely on the discipline of classics and issues in contemporary culture. His books include Eros: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality, Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization, and Decline and Fall: Europe’s Slow Motion Suicide. He is Professor of Classics and Humanities in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at California State University, Fresno.