The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World

Over 2,500 accessible, user-friendly A-Z entries on the most significant aspects of the classical world



Fascinating insight into the attitudes of the ancient Greeks and Romans towards key elements of everyday life, including science, the arts, politics, religion and mythology [...]
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Over 2,500 accessible, user-friendly A-Z entries on the most significant aspects of the classical world



Fascinating insight into the attitudes of the ancient Greeks and Romans towards key elements of everyday life, including science, the arts, politics, religion and mythology, philosophy, and social and family life

Comprehensive articles on central figures, both real and mythological, from Apollo, Hadrian, and Herodotus, to Caesar, Ovid, and Zeus

Invaluable chronology charting the developments of Greece and the East alongside Rome and the West, spanning 776 BC - AD 180

Useful maps, a quick-reference two-way gazetteer, and a comprehensive essay on money and its value in the classical world

An approachable and affordable abridgement of the highly acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary