The Oxford Classical Dictionary (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199545568)

A Booklist 2012 Editors' Choice Selection

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

Now comes the Fourth Edition of this redoubtable resource, thoroughly revised and updated, with numerous new entries and two new focus 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 every 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 important geographical landmarks, and on legal, rhetorical, literary, and political terms and concepts.

Author: Simon Hornblower, Esther Eidinow
ISBN-10: 0199545561
ISBN-13: 9780199545568
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2012
Pages: 1648
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 6.40lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.30w x 2.80d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2012 pg. 118
Booklist 09/01/2012 pg. 72
Choice 10/01/2012
Booklist Ed Choice Reference 01/01/2013 pg. 17
LJ Best Reference Sources 03/01/2013 pg. 30