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LOVE, SEX & TRAGEDY: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives

LOVE, SEX & TRAGEDY: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives Paperback - 2004 - 2nd Edition

by Simon Goldhill

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With enormous range and delight, classicist Goldhill lifts the veil on the modern inheritance of classical traditions and reveals the Greek and Roman roots of everything from the mania for "hard bodies" to political systems.

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. Paperback. 335p. A softcover book in fine condition. The text is clean and the binding tight. Contains black and white illustrations.
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  • Title LOVE, SEX & TRAGEDY: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives
  • Author Simon Goldhill
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 345
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 202866
  • ISBN 9780226301198 / 0226301192
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6.1 x 0.76 in (22.91 x 15.49 x 1.93 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 909.08

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Simon Goldhill, the author or editor of many books, is professor of Greek literature and culture at King's College, Cambridge.