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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jason König (University of St Andrews, Scotland) , Katerina Oikonomopoulou (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) , Greg Woolf (University of St Andrews, Scotland)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.850kg ISBN: 9781316628843ISBN 10: 1316628841 Pages: 500 Publication Date: 29 September 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'[An] important contribution to ancient cultural history.' The Times Literary Supplement 'The readability, immense variety and breadth of learning of the contributions to Ancient Libraries set a new benchmark, at a time when this subject is undergoing a welcome renaissance.' J. Wasserstein, Bryn Mawr Classical Review '[An] important contribution to ancient cultural history.' The Times Literary Supplement 'The readability, immense variety and breadth of learning of the contributions to Ancient Libraries set a new benchmark, at a time when this subject is undergoing a welcome renaissance.' J. Wasserstein, Bryn Mawr Classical Review The readability, immense variety and breadth of learning of the contributions to Ancient Libraries set a new benchmark, at a time when this subject is undergoing a welcome renaissance. J. Wasserstein, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationJason König is Senior Lecturer in Greek at the University of St Andrews. He works broadly on the Greek literature and culture of the Roman Empire. He is author of Athletics and Literature in the Roman Empire (2005) and Saints and Symposiasts: The Literature of Food and the Symposium in Greco-Roman and Early Christian Culture (2012), and editor, jointly with Tim Whitmarsh, of Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire (2007). Katerina Oikonomopoulou is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the programme 'Medicine of the Mind, Philosophy of the Body: Discourses of Health and Well-Being in the Ancient World' at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She is co-editor, with Frieda Klotz, of The Philosopher's Banquet: Plutarch's 'Table Talk' in the Intellectual Culture of the Roman Empire (2011). Greg Woolf is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews. He currently holds a Major Leverhulme Research Fellowship and is editor of the Journal of Roman Studies. His books include Becoming Roman: The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul (1998), Et tu Brute: The Murder of Julius Caesar and Political Assassination (2006), Tales of the Barbarians: Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West (2011) and Rome: An Empire's Story (2012). He has also edited volumes on literacy, on the city of Rome and on Roman religion, and has published widely on ancient history and Roman archaeology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |