The Oxford Classical Dictionary

'offers not only that breakfast for the mind we keep hearing about, but lunch, tea, dinner, supper and non-stop snacks...offers a cornucopia of accurate and succinct knowledge that would be hard to equal' (Peter Green, Washington Times about the third edition). For over sixty ...

The Greek World 479-323 BC

The Greek World 479-323 BC has been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication nearly thirty years ago. Now Simon Hornblower has comprehensively revised and partly rewritten his original text, bringing it up-to-date for yet another generation of readers. In particular ...

Diccionario del mundo clásico

Este Diccionario del mundo clásico es obra de ciento noventa especialistas de fama mundial, dirigidos por Simon Hornblower y Tony Spawforth. Sus quinientas entradas, repletas de referencias cruzadas, van desde Accio, el poeta latino, hasta Zoísmo, historiador griego del siglo v, y dedican especial atención ...

A commentary on Thucydides

.Vol. II: Books IV-V. 24

This is the second volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC Greek historian. Books IV-V. 24 contain the Pylos-Sphakteria narrative and Brasidas' operations in the north of Greece. All the Greek is translated and there is a full ...

The Oxford companion to Classical civilization

Thucydides and Pindar

historical narrative and the world of Epinikian poetry

Thucydides was one of the greatest of the ancient Greek historians and Pindar one of the greatest Greek poets, specializing in celebratory odes for victors in the great games - above all at Olympia. Simon Hornblower puts these two towering figures side-by-side for the first time ...

Diccionario del mundo clásico

Diccionario de mitología clásica

Referencia Crítica es una colección de instrumentos de consulta que, más allá de su función básica -que es proporcionar una información sucinta pero eficaz- pretende conciliar el imprescindible rigor y precisión en los datos de las entradas con la calidad literaria de los textos. Porque ...