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...

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...

A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: More than four thousand years ago, a warrior people invaded the rugged hills and fertile plains of the Balkan Peninsula. These people were the ancient Greeks, and their legacy to modern global society is immense. The Greeks invented democracy, narrative his... Details...

A Dictionary of the Roman Empire: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The extraordinarily rich cultural legacy of the Roman world has had a profound affect world civilization. Roman achievements in architecture, law, politics, literature, war, and philosophy serve as the foundation of modern Western society. Now, for the firs... Details...

A Dictionary of World Mythology, New Rev. and Expanded: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: "I am Nature, the universal Mother, mistress of all the elements, sovereign of all things spiritual....I am worshipped in many aspects, known by countless names, and propitiated with all manner of different rites, yet the whole round earth venerates me." Wi... Details...

A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed.): (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Liddell & Scott's Greek-English Lexicon is the most comprehensive and up-to-date ancient Greek dictionary in the world. Used by every student of ancient Greek in the English-speaking world, the dictionary covers every surviving ancient Greek author and text... Details...

A Latin Dictionary: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The translation of Dr. Freud's great Latin-German Dictionary, edited by the late E. A. Andrews, LL.D, and published in 1850, has been from has been from that time in extensive use throughout England and America. It has had for competitors, indeed, in the sc... Details...