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, it demonstrates the multifaceted nature of classical civilisation and enables readers to gain guidance in drawing together the perspectives and methods of different disciplines, from philosophy to history, from poetry to archaeology, from art history to numismatics, and many more. Key features *written by experts in the field *contains basic and essential information clearly and concisely presented *gives an up-to-date overview of the classical world *guides readers to sources of current reference and further reading material *over 100 illustrations, maps and plans

ISBN 0748616292   Pages 616 ISBN13 9780748616299 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Edinburgh University Press   Weight (grammes) 1414 Imprint Edinburgh University Press   Published in Edinburgh Format Hardback   Height (mm) 244 Publication date 07 Aug 2006   Width (mm) 172 Library of Congress DF   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY 938   Academic level Tertiary education, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		The history of the discipline by Christopher Stray		3
2		History by Alastair Blanshard		9
3		Archaeology by James Whitley		15
4		Religion by Richard Gordon		21
5		Economy by Lisa Bligh		24
6		Gender by Mark Golden		27
7		Philology and linguistics by Philip Burton		30
8		Literature by David Konstan		35
9		Philosophy by Catherine Osborne		41
10		Art history and aesthetics by Zahra Newby		49
11		Classical legacies by Lorna Hardwick		57
12		The ancient near east by Tom Boiy		67
13		Iron Age Europe by J. D. Hill and Jonathan Williams		72
14		Regions of antiquity by Nicholas Purcell		78
15		The 'Dark Age' of Greece by Irene S. Lemos		87
16		Archaic and classical Greece by Robin Osborne		92
17		The hellenistic world by Thomas Harrison		98
18		The Roman Republic by Mark Pobjoy		102
19		The Roman Empire by Olivier Hekster		108
20		Late antiquity by Richard Lim		114
21		Landscape by Nicholas Purcell		123
22		Marine archaeology by Anthony Parker		135
23		Sites and features by Brian A. Sparkes		146
24		Buildings and architecture by Richard Tomlinson		160
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This much-needed guidebook is clearly a godsend that will orient, inform, demystify and tantalize. It should inspire its readers too. -- Richard Talbert, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill A rich, diverse and inclusive menu of challengingly conceptualised chapters is delivered by a glittering array of contributors from both sides of the Atlantic. -- Paul Cartledge, Professor of Greek History, University of Cambridge a well-produced and well-conceived volume Ancient West & East ... indispensable to students at all levels ... (Phil Jenkins) -- Volume 97 (2007) Journal of Roman Studies ... a well-produced and well-conceived volume ... Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, University of Melbourne -- Volume 7, 2008 Ancient West & East This much-needed guidebook is clearly a godsend that will orient, inform, demystify and tantalize. It should inspire its readers too. A rich, diverse and inclusive menu of challengingly conceptualised chapters is delivered by a glittering array of contributors from both sides of the Atlantic. a well-produced and well-conceived volume ... indispensable to students at all levels ... (Phil Jenkins) ... a well-produced and well-conceived volume ... Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, University of Melbourne

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