Life and Thought in the Greek and Roman World

Life and Thought in the Greek and Roman World (1961) provides a comprehensive sketch of Greek and Roman civilization. It describes the geographic, political and social background, and sets forth its main achievements in the fields of language and literature, scholarship and education, science and philosophy, art and religion.

List of contents

1. The Geographical Background 2. The Political Background 3. The Material Background 4. Social Life 5. The Written and the Spoken Word 6. Philosophy and Science 7. Greek and Roman Art 8. Greek and Roman Literature 9. Education and Scholarship 10. Greek and Roman Religion

About the author

M. Cary and T.J. Haarhof

Summary

Life and Thought in the Greek and Roman World (1961) aims to provide a brief but comprehensive outline sketch of Greek and Roman civilization. It describes the geographic, political and social background of that civilization, and sets forth its main achievements in the fields of language and literature, scholarship and education, science and philosophy, art and religion. The authors have endeavoured throughout to present Greek and Roman civilization as an organic whole.

Product details

• Authors: M. Cary, M. Haarhof Cary, T.J. Haarhof
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032763651
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3276365-1
• No. of pages: 366
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Ancient Greece, Anthropology, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Religion: general, General & world history, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Ancient religions and Mythologies