Landmarks in Classical Literature
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: April 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780748613625
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Classical Literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Literary Criticism; Ancient and Classical; Reference; Regional, Ethnic, Genre, Specific Subject; Literary Criticism & Collections / 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