A Student’s Guide to classics - Simon Fraser University

A Student's Guide to classics

ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines

GENERAL EDITOR Jeffrey O. Nelson

EDITOR jeremy m. Beer

Philosophy Ralph M. McInerny Literature R.V. Young

Liberal Learning James V. Schall, S.J. History John Lukacs

Core Curriculum Mark C. Henrie U.S. History Wilfred M. McClay Economics Paul Heyne

Political Philosophy Harvey C. Mansfield PSYCHOLOGY Daniel N. Robinson CLASSICS Bruce S. Thornton

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Bruce S. Thornton

ISI BOOKS WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

A Student's Guide to Classics is made possible by grants from the Wilbur Foundation, the Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation, and the Huston Foundation. The Intercollegiate Studies Institute gratefully acknowledges their support.

Copyright ? 2003 Intercollegiate Studies Institute

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Thornton, Bruce S. A student's guide to the study of classics/ by

Bruce S. Thornton. --1st ed. -- Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, c. 2003.

p; / cm.

ISBN: 1-932236-15-5 (pbk.)

1. Classical literature. 2. Classical education. 3. Humanities. 4. Social sciences. I. Title.

PA3013 .T46 2003 88--dc22

2003109729 CIP

ISI Books Post Office Box 4431 Wilmington, DE 19807-0431

Cover design by Sam Torode Manufactured in the United States

In memoriam Evelyn Venable Mohr

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