This text includes all the names a classical studies student is likely to encounter, and the mythological entries are illustrated by line drawings. It covers the geography, myths, legends and characters of the classical world. -- Amazon

An allusion is a figure of speech that compares aspects of people, places, things and ideas with their familiar counterparts in history, mythology, scripture, and literature. In this edition, 1,300 entries are arranged alphabetically and carefully cross-referenced for ease of use and the lead the reader to related items.

This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction.

Has more than 600 phrases, sayings, and expressions and contains explanations.

The revised third edition of the 'Oxford Classical Dictionary' is the ultimate reference on the classical world containing over 6,200 entries. The 2003 revision includes minor corrections and updates and all Latin and Greek words in the text are now translated into English.

Wordsworth's classical education presents an amazing paradox. Gifted teachers trained him in the full rigours of classical Latin and Greek. But Wordsworth's schoolmasters were enlightened, liberal and advanced. They were committed to the Classics and to modern literature. In their enthusiasm they shared their volumes of contemporary poetry with Wordsworth. His was a holistic literary education. Wordsworth developed a profound love for the Classics and thus an enlightened zeal for a new poetry, a poetry capable of being compared with and even daring to compete with the Classical texts he so dearly loved. Richard Clancey's meticulously researched study presents new biographical information on Wordsworth's classical education and new facts about the education of his teachers.