Vox Populi: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Classical World but Were Afraid to Ask

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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. First published twenty years ago, this fully updated and revised edition is a must-read for anyone who wishes to know more about the classics - and where they came from.

Author(s): Peter Jones
Edition: Revised and updated
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Year: 2019

Language: English
Pages: 224
City: London
Tags: Civilization, Classical; History -- Europe -- Greece -- Classical period (700 BC to AD 500)

Preface
Maps
Timeline

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
Appendix: The Pronunciation of Latin

Further Reading
Index