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The Classical Tradition

Categorie	Klassieke Oudheid
Boeknummer	#390292-KD41
Titel	The Classical Tradition
Auteur	Grafton, Anthony & Glenn W. Most & Salvatore Settis
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Cambridge : Harvard University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2010
ISBN10	0674035720
ISBN13	9780674035720
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous illustrations mostly in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting	"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 tr... (Lees verder)adition 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.
Pagina's	1.067
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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