In a recent student survey, Amplus beats Cassius!

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_Blixa
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Re: In a recent student survey, Amplus beats Cassius!

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MCB wrote:
classical Greece is courtesy of Edith Hamilton.
That makes me feel better-read. Thank you.

Probably can't, Blixa, The library here only had Ulysses. It is that limited, and ILL is very slow.

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15 bucks used on Amazon. I just checked to see if I had an extra copy in the office. No suck luck, sorry!
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Re: In a recent student survey, Amplus beats Cassius!

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Blixa wrote:Do you know this book, Kish?
http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Greece-Pr ... 068&sr=1-1
I just called a colleague here on campus and queried some academic Facebook associates and this title came up as a good, solid and short introduction.
I'm afraid a great deal of what I know about classical Greece is courtesy of Edith Hamilton. That's how old I am....


I have met Tom. He is a cool guy. I haven't read his book, but its good reputation is probably deserved. I'll have to check it out.
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