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Title The Oxford classical dictionary / edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth
Edition Third edition
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996

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 W'PONDS  913.38003 Oxf/Ocd 1997  AVAILABLE
 MELB  913.38003 Oxf/Ocd 1997  AVAILABLE
Description 880-01 liv, 1640 pages ; 26 cm
880-01 liv, 1640 pages ; 26 εκ
Series Past Masters InteLex
Past masters (InteLex Corporation)
Summary In over six thousand entries ranging from long articles to brief definitions, the third edition incorporates the insights and interests of a new generation of classical scholars. Readers will find substantial coverage of women in the ancient world with entries on abortion, breastfeeding, and motherhood; sexuality including homosexuality, love and friendship, contraception, and pornography; Asia and the Far East with entries ranging from Gandhara to the Persian Gulf; Jews; and early Christians. In addition, new thematic articles reflect the current emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches to classical studies. These articles include anthropology and the classics, Marxism and classical antiquity, and literary theory and classical studies, while others examine issues of general interest to modern readers such as race, class struggle, ethnicity, alcoholism, incest, propaganda, suicide, the Greek concept of pollution, and much more
For almost half a century The Oxford Classical Dictionary has been the unrivalled one-volume reference work on the Graeco-Roman world. Whether one is interested in literature or art, philosophy or law, mythology or science, intimate details of daily life or broad cultural and historical trends, the OCD is the first place to turn for clear, authoritative information on all aspects of the ancient world
Analysis Civilisation History
Greece
Roman Empire
Ancient civilisations
Dictionaries
Greece
History
Overseas item
Rome
Notes Errata slip inserted
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Also available in an online version
System requirements: Pentium class PC, 32 MB RAM, 100 MB free hard disk space, Windows 95,98, or NT, SVGA monitor, 12-speed CD-ROM drive (recommended) or DVD-ROM drive
Subject Classical dictionaries.
Classical dictionarfes
History, Ancient -- Dictionaries.
Dictionaries, Classical as Topic.
Greek World.
History.
Mythology.
Roman World.
SUBJECT Greece -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057073 -- Dictionaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001671
Rome -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115108 -- Dictionaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001671
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Author Hornblower, Simon.
Spawforth, Antony.
LC no. 96005352
ISBN 0192687670
019866172X
9780192687678
9780198661726