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Codicology/Paleography, Greek
Inmaculada Pérez Martín
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Greek Codicology/Paleography Introduction Paleography is the study of every written manifestation in its beginnings, distinguishing traits, evo...
Crete, Ancient
Angelos Chaniotis
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
Ancient Crete Introduction The island of Crete holds a special position in classical studies, primarily as the birthplace of the earliest “hi...
Demosthenes
Michael Gagarin
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Demosthenes Introduction Demosthenes (384–322 bce) was one of the leading public figures in Athens in the third quarter of the 4th century—a ...
Drama, Latin
Susanna Braund
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Latin Drama Introduction Latin drama comprises several genres, serious and humorous, and extends chronologically from the beginnings of Latin ...
Economy, Roman
Dennis Kehoe
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Roman Economy Introduction As in other preindustrial societies, the economy of the Roman Empire was based on agriculture, which employed the v...
Education
Mark Joyal
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Education Introduction Greek and Roman educational practices and theories exercised an unbroken though fluctuating influence on Western culture...
Epigraphy, Greek
Sara Saba, Gil H. Renberg
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Greek Epigraphy Introduction Epigraphy is the discipline devoted to the study of documents engraved, painted, or written on any material surviv...
Epigraphy, Latin
Gil H. Renberg, Sara Saba
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Latin Epigraphy Introduction Epigraphy is the discipline devoted to the study of texts engraved, painted, or written on any material surviving...
Etruscans
David Ridgway
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Etruscans Introduction For most of the nine centuries prior to the Augustan settlement of Italy in 27 bce, the Etruscans were the most sign...
Euripides
Sophie Mills
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Euripides Introduction Euripides is one of the great Athenian tragedians whose dramatic output has survived, if only partially, into the moder...
Gardens, Greek and Roman
Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Greek and Roman Gardens Introduction Gardens were a fundamental feature of the classical world. In ancient Greece, while gardens were not incl...
Greek Originals and Roman Copies
Anna Anguissola
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Greek Originals and Roman Copies Introduction The label “Roman copy after a Greek original” can be found in museums throughout the world on mo...
Herculaneum (Modern Ercolano)
Carol C. Mattusch
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Herculaneum (Modern Ercolano) Introduction Herculaneum, named after the mythical hero Hercules, was a town of perhaps five thousand inhabitants...
Heritage Management
Ricardo Elia, Marta E. Ostovich
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-09-30
Heritage Management Introduction Heritage management is a growing field that is concerned with the identification, protection, and stewardship ...
Herodas
Graham Zanker
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Herodas Introduction Herodas, a poet of the early 3rd century bce whose name also appears in ancient sources as Herondas and Herodes, is the in...
Herodotus
Emily Baragwanath, Mathieu de Bakker
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Herodotus Introduction Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c. 485—c. 425 bce) is the author of the Histories, the oldest surviving historiographica...
Hesiod
Ruth Scodel
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Hesiod Introduction Until relatively recently, most scholars agreed that an individual named Hesiod (Greek, Hesiodos; Latin, Hesiodus), who...
Historia Augusta
François Paschoud
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Historia Augusta Introduction The Historia Augusta (HA) is a collection of thirty biographies of Roman emperors, co-emperors, and usurpers in ...
History, Greek: Archaic to Classical Age
Jennifer Roberts
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Greek History: Archaic to Classical Age Introduction The accomplishments of the ancient Greeks were remarkable. Without rich natural resour...
History, Greek: Hellenistic
Angelos Chaniotis
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Greek History: Hellenistic Introduction The Hellenistic period, from the conquests of Alexander the Great (334 bce) to the conquest of the ...
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