The long shadow of antiquity : what have the Greeks and Romans done for us?
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Aldrete, Gregory S.
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Aldrete, Alicia, , [VerfasserIn] |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London ; :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2019.
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| Ausgabe: | Paperback edition. |
| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (xi, 411 pages). Also published in printing. |
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ebook version : | ISSN: 9781350100534 |
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Abstract with links to full text |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Knowing yourself
- The bare necessities: food and shelter
- From the cradle to the grave: the family and the journey of life
- Living the good life: entertainments and leisure activities
- Power to the people: systems of government
- Understanding and shaping the material world: architecture and science
- Understanding and shaping the spiritual world: superstition and religion
- Words, ideas, and stories: language, law, philosophy, and literature
- You can't escape the past: popular culture and antiquity
- Ancient and modern parallels: environmental problems, celebrities and fashion, and globalization and cultural assimilation.
