Confronting The Classics: Traditions, Adventures And Innovations

Explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of history, such as Alexander the Great, and Nero. The author 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.

• | By (Author): Professor Mary Beard
• | Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Mar 13, 2014
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1781250499
• | ISBN-13: 9781781250495