Christian Rome: Past and Present Early Christian Rome Catacombs and Basilicas: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This new book in the popular Past and Present series explores historic sites in Christian Rome. Important monuments and districts are illustrated as they appear today, while overlays indicate how these sites probably looked when first built, making this boo... Details...

Cities of Alexander the Great: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Alexandria in Egypt is just one of many "Alexandrias"--ancient cities traditionally thought of as having been founded by Alexander the Great. In this book, one of the world's leading experts on the period unravels this fascinating tradition, explaining how ... Details...

Cities of the Gods: Communist Utopias in Greek Thought: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Modern studies of classical utopian thought are usually restricted to the Republic and Laws of Plato, producing the impression that Greek speculation about ideal states was invariably authoritarian and hierarchical. This book, however, sets Plato in the con... Details...

City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor examines the social and administrative transformation of Greek society within the early Roman empire, assessing the extent to which the numerous changes in Greek cities during the imperial period ought to ... Details...

Classical Literary Criticism (Oxford World's Classics (Paperback): (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments:This volume provides, in translation, the principal texts of ancient literary criticism, including Aristotle's Poetics, Horace's Art of Poetry, Longinus' On Sublimity, Tacitus' Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch. Details...

Classical Mythology, Seventh Edition: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Featuring the authors' extensive, clear, and faithful translations of original sources, Classical Mythology, 7/e, retells the myths and legends of Greece and Rome in a lucid and engaging style. Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, it... Details...

Classical Mythology: A Guide to the Mythical World of the Greeks and Romans: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The birth of Aphrodite, the Trojan Horse, Zeus disguised as a swan. These and other classical myths and legends are usually encountered separately, but together they make up a coherent, multigenerational saga of epic battles, bizarre metamorphoses, immortal... Details...

Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student Fourth Edition: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Widely used in advanced composition and writing courses, Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student discusses the three vital components of classical rhetoric--argument, arrangement, and style--bringing these elements to life and demonstrating their effectiv... Details...

Classics Transformed: Schools, Universities, and Society in England, 1830-1960: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This is the first book to give a general account of the transformation of classics in English schools from an avocation among Victorian gentlemen to an object of serious study among professional scholars, from an elite social marker to a marginalized academ... Details...

Classics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions): (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments:We are all classicists--we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of... Details...