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E-book
Classical Literature: A Concise HistoryISBN: 978-0-470-77526-4
E-book
368 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- A accessible one-volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome.
- Covers the period between Homer around 700 BC and Augustine around AD 410.
- Highlights what is important historically and of continuing interest and value in classical literature.
- An introduction by the editor presents essential information in a concise, accessible way.
- Each chapter focuses on a particular genre or area of literature.
- This structure allows readers to see continuities between different periods and to move easily between the Greek and Roman worlds.
- Includes extensive quotations in English.
- A timeline and an index of authors help to make the material as accessible as possible.



