A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The story of the ancient Greeks is one of the most improbable success stories in world history. A small people inhabiting a country poor in resources and divided into hundreds of quarreling states created one of the most remarkable civilizations. Comprehens... Details...

A Casebook on Roman Family Law (American Philological Association Classical Resources Series): (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The Roman household (familia) was in many respects dramatically different from the modern family. From the early Roman Empire (30 B.C. to about A.D. 250) there survive many legal sources that describe Roman households, often in the most intimate detail. The... Details...

A Casebook on Roman Family Law (American Philological Association Classical Resources Series): (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The Roman household (familia) was in many respects dramatically different from the modern family. From the early Roman Empire (30 B.C. to about A.D. 250) there survive many legal sources that describe Roman households, often in the most intimate detail. The... Details...

A Casebook on the Roman Law of Delict (Classical Resources Series / American Philological Association #2): (Oxford University Press) Roger S. Bagnall, Columbia University: "Frier's Casebook is the perfect introduction to Roman legal reasoning. The student is led not to memorize doctrines but to participate in the process of developing principles to use in analyzing concrete situations. Both the achievements ... Details...

A Commentary on Herodotus: With Introduction and Appendixes (Commentary on Herodotus #2): (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Herodotus, referred to by Cicero and others as "the father of history," was the first to make the events of the past the subject of research and verification, and to relate their consequences to the present. In this commentary on Histories, an account of th... Details...

A Companion to Classical Mythology: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This study guide complements Classical Mythology, 6th edition, reviewing chapters 1-24 of the text and providing practice tests with answers. By isolating this important information, the Companion helps students to quickly and firmly grasp the source materi... Details...

A Dictionary of Ancient Egypt: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: From Áha, king of the 1st Dynasty at Memphis (2920 B.C.), to the vast complex of pleasure palaces at Zerukha this A-Z dictionary places more than 1,500 entries on the rich world of ancient Egypt right at the reader's fingertips. The first single-volume ref... Details...

A Dictionary of Creation Myths: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: "God made Heaven, and then, after measuring the space underneath with a ball of thread, he began to form the earth. A mole asked to help, and God gave him the thread to hold while he wove the patterns of the earth. Sometimes the mole would let out too much ... Details...

A Dictionary of Latin Words and Phrases: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This authoritative and highly browsable guide provides an enlightening account of the meaning and history of Latin words and phrases that have entered the English language. Readers will find over 1000 phrases, sayings, mottoes, and proverbs, translated with... Details...

A Dictionary of Literary Symbols: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This is the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than "universal" psychological archetypes, myths or esoterica. Michael Ferber has assembled nearly two hundred main entries clearly explaining and illustrating the literary symbols th... Details...