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 | | A Dictionary of Ancient History (Blackwell History Dictionaries) by Graham Speake (Editor) ISBN-10: 0631180699 ISBN-10: 0-631-18069-9 ISBN-13: 9780631180692 ISBN-13: 978-0-631-18069-2 Hardcover 1994-05 Blackwell Publishers Find Lowest Price |
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Book Description This major dictionary provides a comprehensive, yet concise, guide to all features of the ancient world, including campaigns and battles; personalities and institutions; Greek and Latin authors, and the themes of their work; major deities and religious practices and festivals; philosophers, scientists and mathematicians. Beginning in 776 BC - when the first Olympic Games were held - and ending with the fall of the Roman Empire in the West in AD 476, the Dictionary is a compendium of current knowledge of the Greco-Roman world, containing entries on the people and events the cradle of Western civilization. Greek and Roman history; literature; art and architecture; philosophy, science and mathematics; society and economics - all are included and described in accessible detail by the team of specialist contributors. Designed to complement Pierre Grimal's Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Blackwell, 1990), the Dictionary is an essential companion for all those interested in classical studies, whether as students or general readers. | ||
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good start but not comprehensive Focusing on the Greek and Roman world is the purpose of this book, thus the title might misled some readers. Likewise there are important people and events missing from it which even an advanced undergraduate would be able to see. But for the price it is good basic reference for the layperson or undergraduate whose interest in the Greeks and Romans stops at a few classes and a few books. | ||
IF YOU WANT MORE DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT HISTORY , This is a useful and readable book for young students or/and beginners on classical history. I was somewhat disappointed when I received this book, since I expected from the title a comprehensive dictionary of ancient history . However the book contains only Greco-Roman matters and proper nouns of Greek are totally latinized lacking of Greek alphabet-spellings at all. In addition , we can not find any classical sources at the end of every item/entry. If you want more dictionary of Greek & Roman history written in English language, I recommend "The Oxford Classical Dictionary(3rd edition) much better than 2nd edition. Of course if you can read German language, A. Pauly, G. Wissowa,and W. Kroll's "REAL-ENCYCLOPAEDIE D. KLASSISCHEN ALTERTUMSWISSENSCHAFT" is the best among other classical dictionaries written in any European language, as far as I know. | ||
IF YOU WANT MORE DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT HISTORY , This is a useful and readable book for young students or/and beginners on classical history. I was somewhat disappointed when I received this book, since I expected from the title a comprehensive dictionary of ancient history . However the book contains only Greco-Roman matters and proper nouns of Greek are totally latinized lacking of Greek alphabet-spellings at all. In addition , we can not find any classical sources at the end of every item/entry. If you want more dictionary of Greek & Roman history written in English language, I recommend "The Oxford Classical Dictionary(3rd edition) much better than 2nd edition. Of course if you can read German language, A. Pauly, G. Wissowa,and W. Kroll's "REAL-ENCYCLOPAEDIE D. KLASSISCHEN ALTERTUMSWISSENSCHAFT" is the best among other classical dictionaries written in any European language, as far as I know. | ||