Landmarks in classical literature
Edition: 1 edition
Series: Landmarks of European Literature
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781579581923
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Reference; Classical Literature; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; Ancient World; Europe; LIT; LIT004130; Ancient and Classical; Literary Collections / General; European - General
First sentence: The civilisation and literature of ancient Greece and Rome, along with the Judaeo-Christian religion, have been the bedrock of the thought and culture of the western world since the high Middle Ages, and they still underlie the way Europeans and Americans think and write.