The Classical Roman Reader eBook Kenneth Atchity
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A collection of the finest and most important writing of the Roman period.
The Classical Roman Reader brings the modern reader into direct contact with the literature, political thought, science, art and architecture, and psychology of classical Rome. Here are the wonders of the Roman world presented in a contemporary, accessible manner, with numerous photographs and illustrations to illuminate the text. Each selection is preceded by an introduction that identifies the author and provides information that allows today's reader to consider these texts in a new light. What we discover might be surprising. For instance, in Cicero's orations and Marcus Aurelius's meditations, we hear echoes of today's political forums and popular-psychology talk-show hosts. Virgil's ironic dramatization of the founding myth in the Aeneid prepared the way for America's deeply embedded ambivalence toward the presidency. The Roman preference for practicality over philosophy, leading to a network of superhighways that joined Europe, Asia, Asia Minor, and Africa, literally paved the way for the "global village" of the contemporary world.
From Plataus' wildly comic plays to Cato's instructions on farming, and from Catullus' erotic poems to Petronius' descriptions of the decadent splendor of the declining empire, The Classical Roman Reader provides access to the literary, artistic, social, religious, political, scientific, and philosophical texts that shaped Roman thinking and helped form the backbone of Western culture.
Kenneth Atchity, a former professor at Occidental College and Fulbright Professor at the University of Bologna, is the author and editor of many books, including The Renaissance Reader, Homer's Iliad, Homer Critical Essays, and The Classical Greek Reader.
The Classical Roman Reader eBook Kenneth Atchity
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The Classical Roman Reader eBook Kenneth Atchity Reviews
very good
I bought this for a class, it did its job. I passed the class.
This book, as a fellow author of this type of genre, (the book Split From Earth), was a fascinating read. Although a bit wordy, as well as very classical, for those of us who are truly into the Grecian mythology world it is a well written book that most would love to have on their bookshelf.
I would recommend this book to any one interested in either classics or Greek mythology.
The text was printed at a slant
USED but good condition, worth the price.
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