The Edinburgh companion to ancient Greece and Rome /
The Edinburgh Companion is a gateway to the fascinating worlds of ancient Greece and Rome. Wide-ranging in its approach, expert contributors demonstrate the multifaceted nature of classic civilization by drawing together perspectives and methods of different disciplines, from philosophy to history,...
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2010.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Classics and the classical world: A. Classics in the twenty-first century. The history of the discipline / Christopher Stray
- History / Alastair Blanshard
- Archaeology / James Whitley
- Religion / Richard Gordon
- Economy / Lisa Bligh
- Gender / Mark Golden
- Philology and linguistics / Philip Burton
- Literature / David Konstan
- Philosophy / Catherine Osborne
- Art history and aesthetics / Zahra Newby
- Classical legacies / Lorna Hardwick
- B. The regions of the ancient world. The ancient Near East / Tom Boiy
- Iron Age Europe / J.D. Hill and Jonathan Williams
- Regions of antiquity / Nicholas Purcell
- C. Periods. The 'Dark Age' of Greece / Irene S. Lemos
- Archaic and classical Greece / Robin Osborne
- The Hellenistic world / Thomas Harrison
- The Roman Republic / Mark Pobjoy
- The Roman Empire / Olivier Hekster
- Late antiquity / Richard Lim
- pt. 2. Material culture. Landscape / Nicholas Purcell
- Marine archaeology / Anthony Parker
- Sites and features / Brian A. Sparkes
- Buildings and architecture / Richard Tomlinson
- Coinage / Jonathan Williams and Andrew Meadows
- Sculpture / Peter Stewart
- Painting, stucco and mosaic / Roger Ling
- Pottery and metalwork / Brian A. Sparkes
- Gems, jewellery and glass / Martin Henig
- Dress and textiles / Karen E. Stears
- Arms and armour / Jon Coulston
- Papyri / Brain McGing
- Manuscripts / Helen Dixon
- Inscriptions / Alison E. Cooley and Graham Oliver
- pt. 3. Texts and genres. Greek epic / Johannes Haubold
- Roman epic / Bruce Gibson
- Greek tragedy / Pantelis Michelakis
- Roman tragedy / Roland Mayer
- Greek comedy / Ian Ruffell
- Roman comedy / Alison Sharrock
- Greek lyric verse : melic, elegiac and iambic / Emily Greenwood.
- Latin poetry other than epic and drama / Alison Sharrock
- The novel / Jason König
- Letters / Michael Trapp
- Rhetoric / Alastair Blanshard
- Literary criticism / Donald Russell
- Grammar and linguistics / Philip Burton
- Philosophy / Catherine Osborne
- Greek historiography / Thomas Harrison
- Roman historiography / Edward Bispham
- Geography and ethnography / Kai Brodersen
- Mythology / Eva Parisinou
- Christian literature / Clifford Ando
- Science and mathematics / T.E. Rihll
- Music / David Creese
- Medicine / Vivian Nutton
- Greek legal texts / Benet Salway
- Latin legal texts / Simon Corcoran
- Technical writing / Alice König
- pt. 4. Essential information and systems of reference. Politics / Edward Bispham
- Names and naming systems / Clive Cheesman
- Measures, weights and money / Brian A. Sparkes
- Writing systems / J.H.W. Penney
- The ancient calendar / Thomas Harrison and Edward Bispham
- Metre / Armand D'Angour
- Time-charts / Brian A. Sparkes
- Maps / Brian A. Sparkes
- Glossary of ancient and modern terms / Thomas Harrison
- Resources / Brian A. Sparkes
- Abbreviations / Thomas Harrison.