Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin
- ISBN-10
- 1610171063
- ISBN-13
- 9781610171069
- Category
- Classical education
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Author
- Tracy Lee Simmons
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