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| Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Simon Hornblower; Antony Spawforth |
| ISBN: | 019866172X 9780198661726 0195216938 9780195216936 0192687670 9780192687678 |
| OCLC Number: | 45857759 |
| Description: | lv, 1640 pages ; 26 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) |
| Details: | System requirement for accompanying computer disc : Pentium-class PC ; 32 Mb of RAM ; 100 MB free hard disk space ; Windows 95, 98, or NT 4 ; SVGA monitor with 800 x 600 resolution and 16-bit, high colour setting (64K colour) ; 12-speed CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive ; 28.8K modem to connect to the Versabook eBookstore and other online components. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. |
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"A delight for anyone with any curiosity about the roots of our Western culture, our arts, sciences, and politics. The essays are thorough, yet with an eye to the interests of the contemporary reader. A browser's paradise, and I would think a researcher's quick rescuer. As a result, the Greeks and Romans seem more than ever to be standing behind us, but just over the hill."--Arthur Miller"I welcome with open arms a new and greatly expanded edition of that admirable classic in its own right, The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Both I myself and my husband John Bayley use the Dictionary continually, as well as browsing in it for pleasure. It has been a precious and invaluable source and reference book for me in writing my novels, and for my whole inner life in mythology and in ancient philosophy."--Iris Murdoch"The Oxford Classical Dictionary is a treasure of information about the ancient world. The writing is interesting and authoritative, making it a pleasure to browse and an invaluable resource to consult. Major topics, such as astronomy, citizenship, and class struggle, are remarkably readable, insightful, and thorough, without being overly detailed. Abundant internal and external references point the way to further information. It's a hard book to put down."--Alan Cromer, Northeastern University"The revision of the Oxford Classical Dictionary makes significant improvements in an already first-rate tool. Not only are the bibliographies brought up to date (which is what one would have expected), but articles have been revised, enlarged, or re-written in order to incorporate new information and interpretation. A surprisingly large number of new entries now broaden the scope of the dictionary.... Not only classicists but biblical scholars as well will find this an altogether superb one-volume encyclopedia."--Bruce M. Metzger, Professor of New Testament, Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary Read more...

