This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key themes in Greek and Roman science, medicine, mathematics and technology. A distinguished team of specialists engage with topics including the role of observation and experiment, Presocratic natural philosophy, ancient creationism, and the special style of ancient Greek mathematical texts, while several chapters confront key...(展开全部)

This major addition to Blackwell’s Companions to the Ancient World series covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical and into the Hellenistic period. •Written by a panel of international experts •Focuses on religious life as it was experienced by Greek men and women at different times and in different places •Features major...(展开全部)

A Companion to Greek Religion covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical, and into the hellenistic period. Each of the volume’s 27 essays is written by an international expert and provides a survey of a particular area that reflects contemporary scholarship. All the contributions place an emphasis on religious life as it wa...(展开全部)

A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period. •The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic Greece •Places Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical context •Gives equal emphasis to established topics such as tyranny and pol...(展开全部)

A Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander the Great. •Covers the civilizations of the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites and Persians •Places particular emphasis on social and cultural history •Covers the legacy of the Ancie...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 约翰·伯瑞（J.B. Bury，1861–1927)，英国著名古典学者、拜占庭史学家和语言学家。1893-1902任都柏林三一大学伊拉斯谟·史密斯（Erasmus Smith）讲座教授。1902年直至逝世，任剑桥大学现代史钦定讲座教授。 【译者简介】 符莹岩，北京大学历史学博士，上海交通大学博士后。研究领域为希腊罗马史。 张继华，北京师范大学历史学博士，现供职于首都博物馆。研究领域为希腊罗马史和博物馆学。曾参与2010年国家社科基金重大招标项目《剑桥古代史》的翻译工作。