The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, M.C. Howatson. Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011. Third Edition. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 632pp. Black cloth boards with gilt titles. In fine, unread condition; unclipped jacket has very light corner rubs and is otherwise, fine.
The third edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature is the complete and authoritative reference guide to the classical world and its literary heritage. The Companion contains extensive biographies of classical literary figures from Aeschylus to Zeno; entries on a multitude of literary styles from biography and rhetoric to lyric poetry and epic, and character entries and plot summaries for the major figures and myths in the classical canon. It is the ideal guide for students in Classics, and for all who are passionate about the vast and varied literary tradition bequeathed to us from the classical world.
