Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations面對經典

基本信息

作者: Mary Beard 

出版社: Profile Books

副標題: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations

出版年: 2014-3-13

頁數: 384

裝幀: Paperback

ISBN: 9781781250495

商品尺寸: 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm

商品重量: 440 g

內容簡介

In a series of sparkling essays, Mary Beard explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca. She invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. She brings back to life some of the greatest writers of antiquity - including Thucydides, Cicero and Tacitus - and takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from The Golden Bough to Asterix.

The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, Confronting the Classics captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertise.

作者簡介

Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her books and TV presenting.