Greek Byways
Originally published in 1932, this book contains a collection of papers by the Classicist T. R. Glover on a number of subjects pertaining to ancient Greek life. Glover examines topics such as ancient travel, manners and the incorporation of foreign gods into the Greek pantheon. This wide-ranging book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Classical world.
Product details
October 2014Paperback
9781107438491
328 pages
216 × 140 × 19 mm
0.42kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. The Greek on the sea
- 2. Diet in history
- 3. Metallurgy and democracy
- 4. The wandering Greek
- 5. The boy and the theorist
- 6. Curiosities of natural history
- 7. The manners of a gentleman
- 8. The antiquaries
- 9. Foreign gods
- 10. Strabo: the Greek in the world of Caesar
- 11. The daemon environment
- 12. The study of ancient history
- 13. The vitality of Greece
- Index.