mary beard confronting the classics traditions adventures and innovations

How did they live? What made them laugh? What were their marriages like? This bottom-up approach to history is typical of Beard, who looks with fresh eyes at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, taking aim at many of the assumptions we held as gospel.-From publisher description. Mary Beard Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations Hardcover Illustrated, Septemby Mary Beard (Author) 579 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 26.63 38 Used from 4.32 11 New from 19.43 1 Collectible from 43.

Challenging the notion that classical history is all about depraved emperors and conquering military heroes, Beard also introduces us to the common people-the slaves, soldiers, and women. We are taken on a guided tour of antiquity, encountering some of the most famous (and infamous) characters of classical history, among them Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, Sappho and Hannibal. Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations (2013) and. Mary Beard is one of the worlds best-known classicists - a brilliant academic. Mary Beard (Much Wenlock, England 1955) is Professor of Classical Studies. Here, she draws on thirty years of teaching about Greek and Roman history to provide a panoramic portrait of the classical world that draws surprising parallels with contemporary society. Confronting the Classics : Traditions, Adventures and Innovations. Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists, an academic with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience.

Mary beard confronting the classics traditions adventures and innovations