Sometime around the year 64, in the main square of the city of Amisus (modern Samsun in northern Turkey) on the Black Sea coast, a group of workmen unveiled a new monument. It consisted of three statues representing select members of the imperial family: the emperor Nero, sporting his trademark neck beard; his beautiful second wife Poppaea, her hair bound up in elaborate coiffu...(展开全部)

Sometime around the year 64, in the main square of the city of Amisus (modern Samsun in northern Turkey) on the Black Sea coast, a group of workmen unveiled a new monument. It consisted of three statues representing select members of the imperial family: the emperor Nero, sporting his trademark neck beard; his beautiful second wife Poppaea, her hair bound up in elaborate coiffu...(展开全部)

Offerings of various kinds - food, incense, paper money, and figures - have been central to Chinese culture for millennia, and as a public, visual display of spiritual belief, they are still evident today in China and in Chinatowns around the world. Using Hong Kong as a case study, Janet Scott looks at paper offerings from every conceivable angle - how they are made, sold, and ...(展开全部)

Offerings of various kinds - food, incense, paper money, and figures - have been central to Chinese culture for millennia, and as a public, visual display of spiritual belief, they are still evident today in China and in Chinatowns around the world. Using Hong Kong as a case study, Janet Scott looks at paper offerings from every conceivable angle - how they are made, sold, and ...(展开全部)

A captivating history of civilization that reveals the central role of the horse in culture, commerce, and conquest. No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare...(展开全部)

Review "This book traces the processes that resulted in military strategies in 17 cases, ranging from ancient Greece and Rome to American nuclear strategy...Each essay is self-contained, and academics searching for brief but expert analyses of strategic case studies for teaching purposes will welcome this book." Foreign Affairs "...the essays, including those on Israel and the ...(展开全部)

吉尔伯特·海厄特（Gilbert Highet，1906—1978年），苏格兰裔美国古典学家、评论家、文学史家。1938年任哥伦比亚大学拉丁语和希腊语系主任，1950年任拉丁语言与文学安东讲座教授（Anthon Professor）。海厄特一生致力于古典文化的教学与研究，主要著作有《荷马概论》（An Outline of Homer,1935年）、《古典传统》（The Classical Tradition,1949年）、《教学的艺术》（The Art of Teaching,1950年）、《讽刺文学的解剖》（The Anatomy of Satire,1962年）。 王晨，毕业于上海交通大学，译作有《黑死病》、《骑士之爱与游吟诗人》、《论欧洲》、《拷问法国大革命》等。

吉尔伯特·海厄特（Gilbert Highet，1906—1978年），苏格兰裔美国古典学家、评论家、文学史家。1938年任哥伦比亚大学拉丁语和希腊语系主任，1950年任拉丁语言与文学安东讲座教授（Anthon Professor）。海厄特一生致力于古典文化的教学与研究，主要著作有《荷马概论》（An Outline of Homer,1935年）、《古典传统》（The Classical Tradition,1949年）、《教学的艺术》（The Art of Teaching,1950年）、《讽刺文学的解剖》（The Anatomy of Satire,1962年）。 王晨，毕业于上海交通大学，译作有《黑死病》、《骑士之爱与游吟诗人》、《论欧洲》、《拷问法国大革命》等。