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020 _a9781786498946
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_nPrism Books,Kadavanthra
041 _aEnglish
082 _a938
_bJON/VO
100 _aJones,Peter
245 _aVOX POPULI : Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Classical World But Were Afraid to Ask
250 _a1
260 _aLondon
_bAtlantic Books
_c2020/01/01
300 _g303
500 _a In this compelling tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas that makes the Ancient Greeks and Romans so important and influential today. For over 2,000 years these ideas have gripped Western imagination and been instrumental in the way we think about the world. Covering everything from philosophy, history and architecture to language and grammar, Jones uncovers their astonishing intellectual, political and literary achievements.
505 _a 0: Introduction 1: Classical Connections: 700 bc to ad 500 2: The Survival of Ancient Literature 3: Excavating the Past: Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis 4: Democracy's Brief Day 5: Men on Women 6: Emperor and Empire 7: The City of Lepcis Magna 8: The English Vocabulary 9: The Language of Grammar 10: Stoics and Epicureans 11: Breaking the Ancient Stranglehold
650 _aCivilization, Classical.
650 _aCivilization, Classical -- Influence.
650 _aGreece -- History.
650 _aRome -- History.
650 _aRome (Empire)
942 _cLEN
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999 _c183093
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