Description
Mary Beard and John Henderson link a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. Rather than focusing on the traditional retelling of the classics, the authors concentrate on one particular artifact-the friezes from the Temple of Apollo at Bassae in Arcadia-as a springboard to explore, define, and debate the relationship between our contemporary world and the ancient one.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
181 pages
Language
English
Published
Sep 7, 2010
Publisher
Union Square & Co.
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
1402775318
ISBN-13
9781402775314
Genres
Romance
Classics
Contemporary