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Title

A companion to Latin studies; ed. by John Edwin Sandys ...

Author

Sandys, John Edwin, 1844-1922

Publication

Cambridge, [Eng.] University press, 1929 [1921]

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Details

Description

xxxv, 891 p. illus. (incl. facsims.) 2 fold. maps.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Art > Rome
• Rome > Antiquities
• Latin literature > History and criticism
• Rome > Description and travel
• Latin philology

Note

• "First edition 1910...third edition 1921, reprinted 1925...1929."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Contents

• Geography and ethnology of Italy: Geography of Italy, by Sir J. Sandys; Ethnology of Italy, by Sir W. Ridgeway; Topography of Rome, by T. Ashby.--Fauna and flora: Fauna, by O. Keller; Flora, by Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer.--History: Chronology, by J. S. Reid.--Religion and mythology, by W. W. Fowler.--Private antiquities: Birth marriage and death, The position of women, Dress, Daily life, Agriculture, House and furniture, by F. H. Marshall; Education, by W. Murison; Books and writing, by M. R. James.--Public antiquities: The Roman Constitution, Law, by J. S. Reid; Finance, by G. H. Stevenson; Population, Orders of society, Slaves, by F. H. Marshall; The Roman municipal system, Colonies, The Roman provincial system, Alphabetic list of provinces, by B. W. Henderson; Industry and commerce, Roads and travel, by R. C. Bosanquet; Roman measures and weights, Roman money, by Sir W. Ridgeway.
• The Roman army, by E. H. Alton; The Roman navy, by W. W. Tarn; Roman public games, The Roman theater, by J. H. Gray.--Art: Architecture, by C. Gutch; Sculpture, by A. J. B. Wace; Terracottas, by A. S. Smith; Engraved gems,by W. Ridgeway; Painting and mosaic, by R. F. Earp.--Literature: Poetry to the end of the Augustan age, by A. W. Verral; Post-Augustan poetry, by W. C. Summers; Prose from Cato to Cassiodorus, by Sir J. Sandys; Roman philosophy, by R. D. Hicks; Natural history and science, Medicine, by J. F. Payne.--Epigraphy, palaeography, textual criticism: Epigraphy, by Sir J. Sandys; Palaeography, by Sir E. M. Thompson; Textual criticism, by J. P. Postgate.--Language, metre, history of scholarship: The languages of Italy, by P. Giles; Metre, by A. W. Verral; History of Latin scholarship, by Sir J. Sandys.--Index of persons, deities and races.--Index of places, rivers and mountains.--Index of scholars and modern writers.--Index of Latin words and phrases.

Call Number

JFD 95-8440

LCCN

30031962

OCLC

6413089

Author

Sandys, John Edwin, 1844-1922, ed.

Title

A companion to Latin studies; ed. by John Edwin Sandys ...

Imprint

Cambridge, [Eng.] University press, 1929 [1921]

Edition

3d ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Research Call Number

JFD 95-8440

E-11 3961