Item Number: 117648 Title: The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Fourth Edition Author: Hornblower, Simon ; Antony Spawforth ; Esther Eidinow (eds) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9780199545568 Description: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. 27cm., hardcover, 1792pp. Summary: The most up-to-date, authoritative, and comprehensive one-volume dictionary in the field of classics ; Established reference work covering all aspects of the classical era; now revised and updated to incorporate the very latest research and developments ; Entries new to the fourth edition include Presocratic philosophy, Jewish art, Carian language, emotions, gender, personification, and theatricality ; Broad coverage and inclusion of anthropology and reception as two new focus areas, with entries on dance reception, film, opera, and creolization, kinship, and materiality ; International approach - entries written by a team of renowned classics scholars from all around the world ; Existing entries have been thoroughly revised and updated, among them Archimedes, conversion, Lucian, Aristotle, and translation ; End-of-entry further reading updated throughout, providing a wealth of information on reliable resources ; Numerous new entries such as Andania, Latin anthologies, Jewish art, sacred and cultic books, emotions, gender, Hellenistic philosophy, literary theory and the classics, and many more ; Two new focus areas have been added to this edition: reception (including dance reception, film, and opera) and anthropology (such as ancient perception of colour, kinship, and materiality). We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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