The Oxford dictionary of the classical world /

The Oxford dictionary of the classical world /

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Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	[Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 858 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Classical dictionaries. Classical dictionaries. Electronic book. Dictionaries.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12357429

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Other authors / contributors:	Roberts, J. W. (John Willoby), 1932-2005. Oxford University Press.
ISBN:	9780191727061 0191727067 9780192801463 0192801465 9780192801456 0192801457
Notes:	"First published 2005, first published in paperback 2007"--Oxford Reference Online Premium title screen. English. Print version.
Summary:	Spanning almost one thousand years, from the first Olympic Games in 776 BC to the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180, this accessible and wide-ranging reference work draws on the groundbreaking Oxford Classical Dictionary to present more than 2,500 entries on the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. The dictionary covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and literature, such as science, social structure, philosophy, and religion, and contains comprehensive articles on central figures, both real and mythological, from Achilles to Zeno.
Other form:	Print version: Oxford dictionary of the classical world. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780192801463

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Summary:	This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. Authoritative, wide-ranging, and unrivalled in its accessibility, The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World is a concise and lucid survey of life in ancient Greece and Rome, spanning 776 BC - AD 180, from the first Olympic games to the death of Marcus Aurelius. An approachable, user-friendly abridgement of the highly acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary, this book offers over 2,500 A-Z entries on aspects of life in the classical world, from politics, medicine, philosophy, art, and architecture, to history, myth and religion, mathematics, and literature, with biographical entries on the important individuals - both real and mythological - of the period. Appendices include a clear and comprehensive account of money and its value in the classical world; a chronology of events across Greece<br>
Item Description:	"First published 2005, first published in paperback 2007"--Oxford Reference Online Premium title screen.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xix, 858 pages)
ISBN:	9780191727061 0191727067 9780192801463 0192801465 9780192801456 0192801457