The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science.
A fascinating collection of over 500 essays by a range of scholars on the topics of: literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science, arranged alphabetically from Academy to Zoology.