The Classical Tradition (Harvard University Press Reference Library)
Grafton, Anthony [Editor]; Most, Glenn W. [Editor]; Settis, Salvatore [Editor];
Language: English
Published by Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2010
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- Title
- The Classical Tradition (Harvard University Press Reference Library)
- Author
- Grafton, Anthony [Editor]; Most, Glenn W. [Editor]; Settis, Salvatore [Editor];
- Publisher
- Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0674035720
- ISBN 13
- 9780674035720
- Item weight
- 95 ounces
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- 8x2x10
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- Ancient History/Classical Studies
“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 the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science.
From Academy to Zoology, Aristotle and the Argonauts to Pegasus and Persia, The Classical Tradition looks at facts and adages, people, places, and ideas to reveal how the Classical tradition has shaped human endeavors from government to medicine, drama to urban planning, legal theory to popular culture. At once authoritative and accessible, learned and entertaining, it illuminates the vitality of these enduring influences.
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About the Author
Glenn W. Most is Visiting Professor on the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.
Salvatore Settis is Professor Emeritus of the History of Classical Art and Archaeology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and a former Director of the Getty Museum.
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