ISBN: 0715628666

Description: 176 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• 1. Greeks in a Roman World
• 2. The Classical Period: 700 BC-AD 500
• 3. Excavating the Past: Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis
• 4. Greeks and the Near East
• 5. Democracy's Brief Day
• 6. Rhetoric: Persuasion for All
• 7. Men on Women
• 8. Emperor and Empire
• 9. The English Vocabulary
• 10. The Language of Grammar
• 11. Epic Influence
• 12. Standing on Orders
• 13. Stoics and Epicureans
• 14. Breaking the Ancient Stranglehold
• App. 1. The Pronunciation of Latin and Spelling of Greek
• App. 2. The Rationale for Classics in Schools
• App. 3. Primal Scream.

Control Number: 241534

Subjects:

• Civilization, Classical.
• Classical literature -- Translations into English.