J C McKeown

Cabinet of Greek Curiosities C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Like its whimsical predecessor, A Cabinet of Greek Curiosities collects an assortment of peculiar facts and amusing anecdotes from the culture of Ancient Greece.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 146mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780199982103
• ISBN-10: 0199982104
• Artikelnr.: 36693529

Autorenporträt

J. C. McKeown is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
CHAPTER 1 Food and Drink
CHAPTER 2 Children and Education
CHAPTER 3 Women
CHAPTER 4 Sex
CHAPTER 5 Animals
CHAPTER 6 Athens
CHAPTER 7 Sparta
CHAPTER 8 Alexander the Great
CHAPTER 9 Greeks at Sea
CHAPTER 10 Greeks and Barbarians
CHAPTER 11 Athletics
CHAPTER 12 Homer
CHAPTER 13 Drama
CHAPTER 14 Spectators and Critics
CHAPTER 15 Books and Papyri
CHAPTER 16 Philosophers
CHAPTER 17 Mathematics
CHAPTER 18 Science and Technology
CHAPTER 19 Art
CHAPTER 20 Tourists and Tourist Attractions
CHAPTER 21 Religion, Superstition, and Magic
CHAPTER 22 Prophecy
CHAPTER 23 Words and Expressions
CHAPTER 24 The Soros
Glossary
The Coin Images
Illustration Credits