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Love, Sex, and Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives
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Love, Sex, and Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives Hardcover - 2004

by Goldhill, Simon

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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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The University of Chicago Press, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket. Handsome copu
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  • Title Love, Sex, and Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives
  • Author Goldhill, Simon
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 333
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 735697
  • ISBN 9780226301174 / 0226301176
  • Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.06 x 6.28 x 0.98 in (23.01 x 15.95 x 2.49 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Modern
  • Library of Congress subjects Civilization, Classical, Civilization, Modern - Ancient influences
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004048024
  • Dewey Decimal Code 909.08

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  • Choice, 06/01/2005, Page 1818
  • Library Journal, 09/27/2004, Page 0

About the author

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