Oarses-Zygia

Oarses-Zygia
Author: William Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1420
Release: 1880
Genre: Biography
ISBN:

Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology

Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology
Author: Luke Roman
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2010
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1438126395

Greek and Roman mythology has fascinated people for more than two millennia, and its influence on cultures throughout Europe, America, North Africa, and the Middle East attests to the universal appeal of the stories. This title examines the best-known figures of Greek and Roman mythology together with the great works of classic literature.

The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion

The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion
Author: S. R. F. Price
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2004
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780192802897

The Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion offers a fully rounded and highly authoritative point of access to all aspects of ancient religious life and thought. Dr Simon Price and Dr Emily Kearns, area advisers for the third edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary, have come together to select, revise, edit, and in some cases wholly recast, a large number of key entries from OCD to create this handy, accessible reference work on mythology and religion in the Graeco-Roman world. Bringing to the attention of a wider audience the authority and scholarly rigour of OCD, the Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion provides students, teachers, and general readers with an affordable comprehensive, and wide-ranging A-Z reference source. The Dictionary is unique in that in addition to Greek myths and Roman festivals it covers Greek and Roman religious places, monuments, religious personnel, divination, astrology, and magic, and also contains many entries on Judaism and Christianity in Greek and Roman times.

Plutarch's Lives: Sertorius

Plutarch's Lives: Sertorius
Author: Plutarch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2001
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN:

Offers biographies of Greek and Roman leaders and compares their personal qualities and accomplishments.

Arrian: Periplus Ponti Euxini

Arrian: Periplus Ponti Euxini
Author: Arrian
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2003-10-16
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

This work contains Arrian's Greek text "Periplus Ponti Euxini", with an introduction, commentary and facing-page translation. It describes a tour taken by the Roman senator around the Black Sea and gives an insight into the cultural and political background of the early second century.

The Acharnians

The Acharnians
Author: Aristophanes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1625580681

Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta.