| [[Focus]]ing exclusively on real [[people]], this is a dictionary of ancient [[biography]], covering [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] [[history]] and [[politics]], [[literature]], [[philosophy]], [[science]], and [[art]]. Shorter entries provide lucid factual accounts, while the longer entries are short essays covering major historical and cultural themes in antiquity, centred round [[individual]]s as varied as [[Herodotus]], [[Socrates]], [[Plato]], [[Alexander the Great]], and [[Augustus]]. | | [[Focus]]ing exclusively on real [[people]], this is a dictionary of ancient [[biography]], covering [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] [[history]] and [[politics]], [[literature]], [[philosophy]], [[science]], and [[art]]. Shorter entries provide lucid factual accounts, while the longer entries are short essays covering major historical and cultural themes in antiquity, centred round [[individual]]s as varied as [[Herodotus]], [[Socrates]], [[Plato]], [[Alexander the Great]], and [[Augustus]]. |