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HardCover Pub Date: 2009 09 Pages: 192 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Click on the Google Preview image above to the read some pages of this book! Pliny the did it. Plutarch did it. Xenophon did it In fact most withancient writers were incorrigible collectors of miscellany. lively anecdotes. and after-dinner jokes. Here. writer and historian Philip Matyszak has collected his favorite incidents. wisecracks. and interesting facts about ancient Greece and Rome into a single volume. The stories have been selected for the insights that they give us into the ancient world. with its different perspectives on life. honor. and personal relationships. Many of the tales seem outrageous (such as a statue being tried for murder). though to the ancients these were normal enough. As the author comments. human nature has not changed much over the last three thousand years. but the manner in whi...
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Philip Matyszak has a doctorate in Roman history from St. John's College, Oxford, and is the author of numerous books, including the bestselling The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories, as well as Legionary: The Roman Soldier's (Unofficial) Manual and Ancient Rome on 5 Denarii a Day.
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- PublisherThames and Hudson Ltd
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0500051623
- ISBN 13 9780500051627
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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