The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World

by John Roberts (Editor)

Authoritative, wide-ranging, and unrivalled in its accessibility, The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World is a concise and lucid survey of life in ancient Greece and Rome, spanning 776 BC - AD 180, from the first Olympic games to the death of Marcus Aurelius. An approachable,
user-friendly abridgement of the highly acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary, this book offers over 2,500 A-Z entries on aspects of life in the classical world, from politics, medicine, philosophy, art, and architecture, to history, myth and religion, mathematics, and literature, with biographical
entries on the important individuals--both real and mythological--of the period. It provides a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the ancient Greeks and Romans towards key elements of everyday life, including science, the arts, politics, religion and mythology, philosophy, and social and
family life. Appendices include a clear and comprehensive account of money and its value in the classical world; a chronology of events across Greece and the east and Rome and the west; maps; and a two-way quick-reference gazetteer.
Affordable and easy to use, this is an invaluable resource for students and teachers of classics and classical civilization as well as being a fascinating guide for anyone interested in learning more about the foundations of Western culture.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Classics, History, Ancient History

880 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2005

Reviews

[James Dempsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recently rediscovered downstairs. Bed time reading if you are an insomniac. You will learn lots about time past. Plenty enjoyable. You also learn lots of new words; this time, euergetism! So much fun

[Janna Wiersma · Rating 5 out of 5]

It seems disingenuous to mark this as read, as I haven't read it cover to cover. It is a dictionary, after all. That being said, I have read a large share of it, and it was an incredible reference for teaching ancient lit/Greek mythology. I know I will refer back to it often.

[Timothy Sharkey]

From Oxford University. This contains expert, scholarly, and reliable definitions of the classical world. It can be expensive to buy in some places, but used versions can be found at a low price.

[Jonathan]

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