1. The Visit 2. On Site 3. Being There 4. A Guide in Hand 5. Beneath the Surface 6. Grand Theories 7. The Art of Reconstruction 8. The Greatest Show on Earth 9. Imagine That 10. 'Et in Arcadia Ego' Outline of Bassae Frieze Timelines Citations and Further Reading Index
John Henderson is a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and Mary Beard is a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge.
this short and brilliant book ... is now re-issued in an attractive
pocket-sized format ... amazing range of reference ... very clear
organisation. JT, Anglo-Hellenic Review, No.22, 2000.
`nobody could fail to be informed and entertained - and the accent
of the book is provocative and stimulating.'
TLS
`Lively, and up-to-date...it shows classics as a living enterprise,
not a warehouse of relics.'
New Statesman and Society
`Beard and Henderson have suceeded brilliantly in communicating the
sheer breadth of Classics in this Very Short Introduction.... In
language accessible to non-specialist and student alike, Beard and
Henderson illustrate how Classic encompasses not just a study of
the ancient world, but also of its traditions of scholarship and
its influence on the culture of the western world...... This book
does not fail to challenge and provoke. Nor does it ignore the
problems and current issues that beset the subject and its
teaching, but presents them even handedly and with humour,
eschewing propaganda.... A stimulating addition to the school
library.'
JACT review
`The authors show us that Classics is a 'modern' and sexy subject.
They succeed brilliantly in this regard nobody could fail to be
informed and entertained-and the accent of the book is provocative
and stimulating.'
John Goodwin, Times Literary Supplement
`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.'
Edith Hall, author of Inventing the Barbarian
`You could not find two better introducers to the Classics than
Mary Beard and John Henderson. They are questioning, funny, bold,
and widely read in many fields. They could not be dull if they
tried.'
Philip Howard, columnist for The Times
`This little book should be in the hands of every studentm and
every tourist to the lands of the ancient world - a splendid piece
of work.'
Peter Wiseman, author of Talking to Virgil
`For those who think Classics is just the dry as dust learning of
dead languages this arresting book will come as a rude shock. This
is no potted history of Greece and Rome, but a brillian
demonstration that the continual re-excavation of our classical
past is vital if the modern world is to rise to the challenge
inscribed on the temple of Apollo at Delphi to "Know
yourself".'
Robin Osborne, author of Demos: The Discovery of Classical Attica
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