The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World

"Spanning almost one thousand years, from the first Olympic Games in 776 BC to the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180, this accessible and wide-ranging reference work contains more than 2500 entries on the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. A resource for anyone interested in the foundations of Western culture, it draws on the Oxford Classical Dictionary to present description and analysis of the Graeco-Roman world."--Jacket.