Examines the myths and beliefs of the classical world of ancient Greece and Rome.
Deeply informed, provocative, and entirely fresh, this is the first and only accessible work that tells the extraordinary story of the classical world in its entirety.
Read the stories of Greek and Roman myths that inspired the Percy Jackson books and other retellings of mythology In E.M. Berens collection of Greek and Roman myths, the classical stories are brought to life in detail.
The play was performed in the new Sanders Theatre , which resembled an ancient theater in shape , although it was smaller . ( No Greek theaters existed on campuses until 1904 , when the first one was built at the University of ...
Lively and accessible account of the relationship between man and nature in Graeco-Roman antiquity.
II: Plato and Aristotle at Rome. ... Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. ... Andrew M. Riggsby Philosophy of Cicero Cicero, born into a world in which philosophy was an almost exclusively Greek activity, did more than any ...
A comparative study of the ancient Mediterranean and Han China, seen through the lens of political culture.
A scholarly overview of the Jewish world is G. Vermes and F. Millar's revised edition of E. Schurer, The History oftheJewish ... For an overview of other religions see J. Ferguson, The Religions ofthe Roman Empire (London, 1970), and, ...
Covering more than four thousand years of ancient history, from the early Egyptians to the dawn of Byzantium, an illustrated introduction to the Mediterranean's three major civilizations examines their links and traces their influence up to ...
Showcasing the collections in the Getty Villa, this book’s emphasis on the spiritual beliefs and practices of individuals promises to make the works of Greek and Roman art more accessible to readers.
This book is a history of ancient Greek and Roman professionals: doctors, seers, sculptors, teachers, musicians, actors, athletes and soldiers.