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I forgot about Fox. That's a good recommendation. *NM* Tom Send a noteboard - 14/12/2011 10:49:26 PM
Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World: From Homer to Hadrian.

Really interesting, easy to read, quite well respected, as far as I'm aware.


I don't have any suggestions re the other two areas so I'll be interested to see what others come up with.
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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I forgot about Fox. That's a good recommendation. *NM* - 14/12/2011 10:49:26 PM 299 Views
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