CLASSICS - A Very Short Introduction
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A Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to...
A Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture - from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. 'Statues and slavery, temples and tragedies, museum, marbles and mythology' - this provocative guide to the Classics demystifies its varied subject-matter while seducing the reader with the obvious enthusiasm and pleasure which mark its writing.
Classics: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
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The Visit - In and Out of the Museum - 4:45
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And how it might once have looked? - 4:22
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Us and them: Classics - 4:34
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On Site - All the way to Greece - 6:28
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In much the same way ... - 4:26
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Running down a dream - 6:48
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Made in Greece - wanted in Rome - 5:19
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Being There - We're all going on a summer holiday - 4:32
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Off the road and outasight - 4:36
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Your very special memento - 4:07
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In it up to here - 3:07
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It is precisely the centrality of Classics ... - 4:55
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Our picture of Classics - 2:49
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A Guide in Hand – Travelling back in time - 5:15
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But in general terms ... - 4:46
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Getting through to us - 5:20
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Archaeology is the product of the same story - 2:22
Classics: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
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Arguing the toss with them - 6:26
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Beneath the Surface - What about the workers? - 5:22
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What price freedom? - 5:38
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What do you mean - the quality of life? - 5:02
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This study has shown that ... - 4:24
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Grand Theories - Scholars and cribs - 5:49
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It makes you think - 1:50
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Where it all started - 4:13
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'The Golden Bough'... - 4:06
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At the bottom of it - myth, religion, reason, man - 4:16
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All manner of eccentricities ... - 4:15
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The Art of Reconstruction - The masterplan - 7:14
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At home with God - 5:24
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Their world, our jigsaw - 6:12
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Superman, Superwoman and other monsters - 6:16
Classics: A Very Short Introduction (more info)
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Golden oldies - the lastest craze - 5:56
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The Greatest Show on Earth - Suave and Savage - 4:44
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Bums on seats - 3:47
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Power to the people - 5:10
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Thinking up philosophy - 3:14
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Getting into politics - 5:18
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Thus the US President Thomas Jefferson declared… - 5:05
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Imagine That - Get away from it all - 3:28
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Sex and sensibility - 7:05
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The superpower story - 4:51
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Fun for all the family - 3:48
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Learning to learn - 5:24
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'Et in Arcadia Ego' - Where does 'I' come in? - 3:11
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Look at me - a little Latin lesson - 5:00
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Brief encounter - 1:12