The classical tradition / Anthony Grafton, Glenn W. Most, Salvatore Settis, editors.
"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--designed and...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First Harvard University Press paperback edition. |
| Series: | Harvard University Press reference library.
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| Online Access: | Credo Academic Core with Backfile |
| Summary: | "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--designed and written to serve scholars, students, and the general reader alike--show how the Classical tradition has shaped human endeavors from art to government, mathematics to medicine, drama to urban planning, legal theory to popular culture."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 1067 pages, 96 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some colour), maps. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1782684034 9781782684039 |