The Ancient City
Subtitle: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome
Contributors: Arnaldo Mornigliano (Foreword); S. C. Humphreys (Foreword)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: May 1, 1980
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Translation of: La cité antique
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780801823046
Subjects: World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Greece; Ancient World History; Archaeology / Anthropology; History: World; Rome; Ancient - Greece; History / Ancient / General; Cities and towns, Ancient; Politics and government
First sentence: DOWN to the latest times in the history of Greece and Rome we find the common people clinging to thoughts and usages which certainly dated from a very distant past, and which enable us to discover what notions man entertained at first regarding his own nature, his soul, and the mystery of death.