Description: Dame Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her TV presenting and her books. In a series of sparkling essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca. She also invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. She brings back to life some of the greatest writers of antiquity - including Thucydides, Cicero and Tacitus - and takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from The Golden Bough to Asterix. The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, Confronting the Classics captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertise.
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Item Height: 240mm
Item Width: 162mm
Author: Professor Mary Beard
Publication Name: Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Profile Books
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 584g
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
