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An extremely useful reference guide to classical literature which has hundreds of entries arranged alphabetically on the lives and works of the classical writers, character descriptions and plot summaries, literary styles, the historical, political, social and wider cultural background, Greek and Roman language, books, historiography, papyrology and transmission of ancient texts.
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M.C. Howatson is Fellow of St. Anne's College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in Classical Languages in the University of Oxford.
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This opulent companion offers the general reader help of every kind in the understanding of classical literature. More than a handbook of authors and titles, the guide illumines the faded images of mythological and historical figures, as well as providing articles on general topics: e.g., genre, theater, politics, religion, the transmission of texts through the Renaissance, and such intimate mysteries as meter. This extensively redesigned second edition, assuming no prior knowledge of ancient languages, greatly expands upon and brings up to date Paul Harvey's popular original volume, published in 1937. This edition should enjoy its own quinquagenial (or 50th) anniversary.
- Stephen Scully, Boston Univ.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 019860081X
- ISBN 13 9780198600817
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages640
- EditorHowatson M. C.
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