Brill's New Pauly
Brill's New Pauly

Author: Hubert Cancik

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004122598

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Fifteen volumes (Antiquity, 1-15) are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Five volumes (Classical Tradition, I-V) are uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship.

The Reception of Antiquity in Renaissance Humanism
The Reception of Antiquity in Renaissance Humanism

Author: Manfred Landfester

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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"For the thinkers, artists and scholars of the Renaissance, antiquity was a major source of inspiration; it provided renewed modes of scholarship, led to corrections of received doctrine and proved a wellspring of new achievements in almost every area of human life. The 130 articles in this volume cover not only well known figures of the Renaissance such as Copernicus, Dürer, and Erasmus but also overall themes such as architecture, agriculture, economics, philosophy and philology as well as many others."--Provided by publisher.

Brill's Companion to Seneca
Brill's Companion to Seneca

Author: Andreas Heil

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-03-20

Total Pages: 895

ISBN-13: 9004217088

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This new and important introduction to Seneca provides a systematic and concise presentation of this author’s philosophical works and his tragedies. It provides handbook style surveys of each genuine or attributed work, giving dates and brief descriptions, and taking into account the most important philosophical and philological issues. In addition, they provide accounts of the major steps in the history of their later influence. The cultural background of the texts and the most important problem areas within the philosophic and tragic corpus of Seneca are dealt with in separate essays.

Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists
Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists

Author: Paul T. Keyser

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-11-19

Total Pages: 1468

ISBN-13: 1134298021

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The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings through the end of Late Antiquity. A team of over 100 of the world’s experts in the field have compiled this Encyclopedia, including entries which are not mentioned in any other reference work – resulting in a unique and hugely ambitious resource which will prove indispensable for anyone seeking the details of the history of ancient science. Additional features include a Glossary, Gazetteer, and Time-Line. The Glossary explains many Greek (or Latin) terms difficult to translate, whilst the Gazetteer describes the many locales from which scientists came. The Time-Line shows the rapid rise in the practice of science in the 5th century BCE and rapid decline after Hadrian, due to the centralization of Roman power, with consequent loss of a context within which science could flourish.

Brill's New Pauly
Brill's New Pauly

Author: Manfred Landfester

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 710

ISBN-13:

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Fifteen volumes (Antiquity, 1-15) are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Five volumes (Classical Tradition, I-V) are uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship.

The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

Author: Simon Hornblower

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 907

ISBN-13: 0198706774

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This Oxford Companion to the ancient classical world is aimed at the general reader interested in learning more about the very bedrock of Western culture, covering such topics as history, morals, mythology, medicine and social life.

Cultural Responses to the Persian Wars
Cultural Responses to the Persian Wars

Author: Emma Bridges

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2007-02-15

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 019155751X

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Cultural Responses to the Persian Wars addresses the huge impact on subsequent culture made by the wars fought between ancient Persia and Greece in the early fifth century BC. It brings together sixteen interdisciplinary essays, mostly by classical scholars, on individual trends within the reception of this period of history, extending from the wars' immediate impact on ancient Greek history to their reception in literature and thought both in antiquity and in the post-Renaisssance world. Extensively illustrated and accessibly written, with a detailed Introduction and bibliographies, this book will interest historians, classicists, and students of both comparative and modern literatures.

Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
Encyclopedia of the Ancient World

Author: Shona Grimbly

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781579582814

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This reference tells the stories of the peoples of the ancient past and shows how they laid the foundations of the modern world. Each of the first five chapters looks at the cultures and civilizations that developed in one particular region. The last chapter looks at some general aspects of life in the ancient world, such as agriculture or legal codes, and examines them in different cultures. A time line shows how civilizations in different parts of the world relate to each other in time. Nicely illustrated with many color images. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR