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<p>The term "classical" is used to describe everything from the poems of Homer to entire periods of Greek and Roman antiquity. But just how did the concept evolve? This collection of essays by leading classics scholars from the United States and Europe challenges the limits of the current understanding of the term. The book seeks not to arrive at a final definition, but rather to provide a cultural history of the concept by exploring how the meanings of "classical" have been created, recreated,
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- Author
- James I. Porter
- Publisher
- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691225395
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- History, Science, Language Learning
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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