The Classical Tradition
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1067
ISBN-13: 9780674035720
Description: "In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science. Arranged alphabetically from Academy to Zoology, the essays--designed and written to serve scholars, students, and the general reader alike--show how the Classical tradition has shaped human endeavors from art to government, mathematics to medicine, drama to urban planning, legal theory to popular culture."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: List of Articles; title: The Classical Tradition; title: Contributors