− | [http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t180 '''''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'''''] | + | [https://0-www.oxfordreference.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t180 '''''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'''''] |
| Spanning almost one thousand years, from the first [[Olympic Games]] in 776 BC to the death of [[Marcus Aurelius]] in AD 180, this accessible and wide-ranging reference work draws on the groundbreaking ''Oxford Classical Dictionary'' to present more than 2,500 entries on the [[civilization]]s of ancient [[Greece]] and [[Rome]]. The dictionary covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and [[literature]], such as [[science]], social structure, [[philosophy]], and [[religion]], and contains comprehensive articles on central figures, both real and mythological, from [[Achilles]] to [[Zeno]]. | | Spanning almost one thousand years, from the first [[Olympic Games]] in 776 BC to the death of [[Marcus Aurelius]] in AD 180, this accessible and wide-ranging reference work draws on the groundbreaking ''Oxford Classical Dictionary'' to present more than 2,500 entries on the [[civilization]]s of ancient [[Greece]] and [[Rome]]. The dictionary covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and [[literature]], such as [[science]], social structure, [[philosophy]], and [[religion]], and contains comprehensive articles on central figures, both real and mythological, from [[Achilles]] to [[Zeno]]. |