- Classical dictionaries, Classical literature, Dictionaries, Literature
Updating the 1937 work edited by the distinguished Paul Harvey, this revision is a worthy successor. It covers classical literature from the appearance of the Greeks, around 2200 B.C, to the close of the Athenian philosophy schools in A.D.
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Classical in form, cool, earnest and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- M. C. Howatson
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 615
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780198600817
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