The Classical Tradition (Harvard University Press Reference Library)

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pp. 1067, ” How do we get from the polis to the police? Or from Odysseus·sirens to an ambulance?? The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science. Arranged alphabetically from Academy to Zoology, the essays?esigned and written to serve scholars, students, and the general reader alike?how how the Classical tradition has shaped human endeavors from art to government, mathematics to medicine, drama to urban planning, legal theory to popular culture. ” heavy book additional postage will apply

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ISBN 0674035720
ISBN13 9780674035720
Number of pages 1067
Original Title The Classical Tradition (Harvard University Press Reference Library)
Published Date 2010
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size 4vo
Place of Publication Cambridge
Edition First edition
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pp. 1067, ” How do we get from the polis to the police? Or from Odysseus·sirens to an ambulance?? The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science. Arranged alphabetically from Academy to Zoology, the essays?esigned and written to serve scholars, students, and the general reader alike?how how the Classical tradition has shaped human endeavors from art to government, mathematics to medicine, drama to urban planning, legal theory to popular culture. ” heavy book additional postage will apply

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Weight 2.5 kg