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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
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The third edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
is the complete and authoritative reference guide to the classical
world and its literary heritage. It not only presents the reader
with all the essential facts about the authors, tales, and
characters from ancient myth and literature, but it also places
these details in the wider contexts of the history and society of
the Greek and Roman worlds. With an extensive web of
cross-references and a useful chronological table and location maps
(all of which have been brought fully up to date), this volume
traces the development of literary forms and the classical
allusions which have become embedded in our Western culture.
Extensively revised and updated since the second edition was
published in 1989, the Companion acknowledges changes in the focus
of scholarship over the last twenty years, through the
incorporation of a far larger number of thematic entries such as
medicine, friendship, science, freedom (concept of), and sexuality.
These topical entries provide an excellent starting point to the
exploration of their subjects in classical literature; after all,
for many aspects of classical society the literature we have
inherited is the primary (and sometimes the only) source material.
Additions and changes have been made taking into account the advice
of teachers and lecturers in Classics, ensuring that current
educational needs are catered for.
In addition to newly covered topics, the Companion still plays to
its traditional strengths, with extensive biographies of classical
literary figures from Aeschylus to Zeno; entries on a multitude of
literary styles from biography and rhetoric to lyric poetry and
epic, encompassing everything in between; and character entries and
plot summaries for the major figures and myths in the classical
canon. It is the ideal guide for students in Classics, and for all
who are passionate about the vast and varied literary tradition
bequeathed to us from the classical world.
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