The Oxford companion to classical literature

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature is a unique guide to Greek and Roman literature and its background. The articles cover antiquity in all its aspects: mithology, writers and works, literary forms, history, politics, art, philosophy, religion, economic and social conditions, and much more besides. Maps and illustrations are included. This is, in short, a comprehensive classical dictionary with a literary emphasis, and will be invaluable to readers not only of the classics but also of English and European literature, which they so profoundly influenced.