Entertaining Greece. The Capitoline Wolf

Mikhail Leonovich Gasparov (1935-2005) – a classic philologist, literary scholar, and historian of ancient literature. "Entertaining Greece. Stories about ancient Greek culture" is a unique encyclopedia of ancient Greek culture, in six parts of this captivating book (from the 9th... to the 2nd century BC) it explores politics, daily life, military art, philosophy, theater, and poetry – all inextricably linked to each other and to the era. The book "The Capitoline Wolf. Rome before the Caesars" contains stories about the founding of the Eternal City on seven hills, the wisdom of its lawmakers, simplicity of morals, selflessness of citizens, and valor of warriors. The edition is accompanied by black-and-white illustrations and maps, as well as dictionaries at the end of each chapter.