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The Oxford Classical Dictionary

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A Booklist 2012 Editors’ Choice Selection

For more than half a century, the Oxford Classical Dictionary has been the unmatched one-volume reference work at the Greco-Roman world. Whether one is fascinated about literature or art, philosophy or law, mythology or science, intimate details of day by day life or broad cultural and historical trends, the OCD is the first place to show for clear, authoritative information on all aspects of ancient culture.

Now comes the Fourth Edition of this redoubtable resource, thoroughly revised and up to date, with a lot of new entries and two new center of attention areas (on reception and anthropology). Here, in over six thousand entries ranging from long articles to brief identifications, readers can find information on virtually any topic of interest–athletics, bee-keeping, botany, magic, religious rites, postal service, slavery, navigation, and the reckoning of time. The Oxford Classical Dictionary profiles each major figure of Greece and Rome, from Homer and Virgil to Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. Readers will find entries on mythological and legendary figures, on major cities, famous buildings, and essential geographical landmarks, and on legal, rhetorical, literary, and political terms and concepts.

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